--- title: The gliding of the boat was so soothing that I did not trouble mysel… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The gliding of the boat was so soothing that I did not trouble myself in the least when the Queen caught sight of me and ran along the bank, crying-- Who acts: gliding, I, Queen, boat. 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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 (gliding, I, Queen, boat), 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:pg7277:38:39 # text = The gliding of the boat was so soothing that I did not trouble myself in the least when the Queen caught sight of me and ran along the bank, crying-- 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gliding gliding NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 soothing soothe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 nmod:unmarked _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 obl _ _ 18 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 22 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 27 along along ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **soothe** | past · progressive | the gliding of the boat | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **do** | past | I | trouble myself | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Eventuality | | 3 | **catch** | past | the Queen | sight of me | | the least | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 4 | **run** | past | the Queen *not said here* | | | the bank | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along bank=Trajectory | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **glide** | | the boat | | | | | | nom gliding «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **sight** | | | me | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/40/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)