--- title: He waited motionless for some time, hoping no doubt for a favourable… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He waited motionless for some time, hoping no doubt for a favourable reply, but as I continued silent he angrily declared that he would find means to punish my pride, and therewith he left the room in a rage. Who acts: door, I, my. 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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 (door, I, my), 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:pg7277:45:63 # text = He waited motionless for some time, hoping no doubt for a favourable reply, but as I continued silent he angrily declared that he would find means to punish my pride, and therewith he left the room in a rage. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 motionless motionless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 favourable favourable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 20 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 angrily angrily ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 nsubj _ _ 28 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 therewith therewith ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | door | | | | time | motionless *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hope** | gerund | door *not said here* | no doubt | | | | for a favourable reply | tree rules | | 3 | **continue** | past | I | | | | | silent *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | door | | | | | angrily *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **find** | would | door | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **punish** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | my pride | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pride=Patient | | 8 | **leave** | past | door | the room | | a rage | | therewith *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent room=Theme in rage=Location | | 9 | **pride** | | my | | | | | | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/45/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/45/64/) - ↑ back to [The Crystal Coffin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/45/)