--- title: He did not feel very elated at this announcement, for he did not kno… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He did not feel very elated at this announcement, for he did not know how in the world he was to set about the task, and he started on his way weeping bitterly, and wondering what had made him leave his father’s house and kingdom. Who acts: horse, way. 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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 (horse, way), 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:pg7277:52:38 # text = He did not feel very elated at this announcement, for he did not know how in the world he was to set about the task, and he started on his way weeping bitterly, and wondering what had made him leave his father’s house and kingdom. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 elated elate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 announcement announcement NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 24 about about ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 weeping weep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **feel** | past · do-support | horse | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **elate** | participle | horse *not said here* | | | this announcement | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | horse | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | horse | | | the world | | about the task; set *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **start** | past | horse | | | horse's way | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **weep** | gerund | horse's way *not said here* | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | horse | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **leave** | infinitive | horse *not said here* | horse's father's house and kingdom | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/39/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)