--- title: Thinking from the stillness that there could be no one on board, the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Thinking from the stillness that there could be no one on board, the Prince pushed aside the branches and sprang over the side, and found himself surrounded by the crew, who lay motionless as dead men and in a most deplorable condition. Who acts: you, Prince, crew. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Prince, crew), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7277:14:65 # text = Thinking from the stillness that there could be no one on board, the Prince pushed aside the branches and sprang over the side, and found himself surrounded by the crew, who lay motionless as dead men and in a most deplorable condition. 1 Thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 csubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stillness stillness NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 17 aside aside ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 sprang sprang NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 28 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 motionless motionless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 44 advmod _ _ 44 deplorable deplorable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | the stillness | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | imperative | you *not said here* | no one | | board | | | tree rules | | 3 | **push** | past | the Prince | the branches and sprang | | the side | | aside *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent branch=Theme over side=Trajectory | | 4 | **find** | past | the Prince *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **surround** | participle | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **lay** | present | the crew | | | | | motionless *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/66/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)