--- title: Amongst the many dreams which floated through my brain was a cheerin… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Amongst the many dreams which floated through my brain was a cheering one of a young man who was to come and release me, and to-day, when I opened my eyes, I recognised you and saw that my dream was fulfilled. Who acts: many dreams, brain, young man, I. 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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 (many dreams, brain, young man, I), 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:pg7277:45:76 # text = Amongst the many dreams which floated through my brain was a cheering one of a young man who was to come and release me, and to-day, when I opened my eyes, I recognised you and saw that my dream was fulfilled. 1 Amongst amongst ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 floated float VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 12 cheering cheer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 nsubj _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 release release VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | past | the many dreams | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cheer** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | my brain | | | | | through a young man | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past | a young man | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **release** | infinitive | a young man *not said here* | me | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer i=Source | | 6 | **open** | past | I | my eyes | | | day | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 7 | **recognise** | past | I | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 8 | **see** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **fulfil** | past · passive | | my dream | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **dream** | | my | | | | | | nom dream «cognition 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/45/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/45/77/) - ↑ back to [The Crystal Coffin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/45/)