--- title: An awful terror overcame the fiddler; but it was hopeless to think o… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: An awful terror overcame the fiddler; but it was hopeless to think of turning back or of standing still, and the hopes of finding gold and other treasures gave him strength and courage to force his way further into the castle. Who acts: awful terror, it, hopes, finding gold. 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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 (awful terror, it, hopes, finding gold), 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:pg7277:55:13 # text = An awful terror overcame the fiddler; but it was hopeless to think of turning back or of standing still, and the hopes of finding gold and other treasures gave him strength and courage to force his way further into the castle. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 overcame overcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fiddler fiddler NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 hopeless hopeless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 csubj _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 of of SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 20 still still ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 finding finding NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 31 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 force force VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 further further ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overcome** | past | a awful terror | the fiddler | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fiddler=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | hopeless *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **turn back** | gerund | | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **stand** | gerund | | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** | past | the hopes of finding gold and other treasures | strength and courage | treasure | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient strength=Theme | | 7 | **force** | to-infinitive | the hopes of finding gold and other treasures *not said here* | treasure's way | | the castle | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Recipient | | 8 | **hope** | | finding gold and other treasures | | | | | | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/14/) - ↑ back to [The Three Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/)