--- title: As for me I lay still and watched them run, for I was very comfortab… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As for me I lay still and watched them run, for I was very comfortable, and there I might be still if they had not come up, all panting and breathless, and compelled me to get up and follow them; they also reproached me bitterly, but I need hardly tell you that they did not again entrust me with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/36/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/) / 36 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3, sentence 36 As for me I lay still and watched them run, for I was very comfortable, and there I might be still if they had not come up, all panting and breathless, and compelled me to get up and follow them; they also reproached me bitterly, but I need hardly tell you that they did not again entrust me with the flock. **Who acts:** I, sheep, all · **What happens:** lay, watch, run, be, not be, pant · **To what, where:** sheep, me, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, sheep, all), 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:pg7277:38:36 # text = As for me I lay still and watched them run, for I was very comfortable, and there I might be still if they had not come up, all panting and breathless, and compelled me to get up and follow them; they also reproached me bitterly, but I need hardly tell you that they did not again entrust me with the flock. 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 3 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 19 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 21 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 23 still still ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 nsubj _ _ 32 panting pant VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 breathless breathless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 compelled compel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 also also ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 reproached reproach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 55 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 xcomp _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 iobj _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 59 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 60 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 61 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 62 again again ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 entrust entrust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 ccomp _ _ 64 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 with with ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | present | I | | | | still | as me | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as i=Attribute | | 2 | **watch** | past | I *not said here* | sheep | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **run** | infinitive | sheep *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | I | | | | | comfortable *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | might · perfect | I | | | there | still | come *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **pant** | gerund | all | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **compel** | past | all *not said here* | me | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 8 | **get up** | to-infinitive | all *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **follow** | infinitive | all *not said here* | sheep | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 10 | **reproach** | past | sheep | me | | | | bitterly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 11 | **need** | present | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 12 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | present | I *not said here* | | you | | | hardly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 13 | **not** **entrust** | past · do-support | sheep | | me | | again | with the flock | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Recipient with flock=Theme | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/37/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)