--- title: Full of curiosity he was about to rush towards the spot from whence… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Full of curiosity he was about to rush towards the spot from whence the sounds of woe came, when the Vizier caught him by the wing with his bill, and implored him not to expose himself to fresh and unknown dangers. Who acts: sound, sounds, Vizier. 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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 (sound, sounds, Vizier), 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:pg7277:7:103 # text = Full of curiosity he was about to rush towards the spot from whence the sounds of woe came, when the Vizier caught him by the wing with his bill, and implored him not to expose himself to fresh and unknown dangers. 1 Full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 rush rush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 towards towards ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 when when SCONJ WRB _ 23 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Vizier Vizier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 bill bill NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 expose expose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 43 dangers danger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | sound | | | | | of curiosity; about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rush** | to-infinitive | sound *not said here* | | | the spot | | whence *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards spot=Destination | | 3 | **come** | past | the sounds of woe | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **catch** | past | the Vizier | sound | | | | by the wing with sound's bill | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **implore** | past | the sounds of woe *not said here* | sound | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **expose** | to-infinitive | the sounds of woe *not said here* | sound | fresh dangers | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to danger=Recipient | | 7 | **bill** | | sound | | | | | | nom bill «communication 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/104/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Caliph Stork](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/)