--- title: Whilst I was fainting with terror he transported me here, and cried… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Whilst I was fainting with terror he transported me here, and cried to me with his awful voice: “There shall you remain, lonely and hideous, despised even by the brutes, till the end of your days, or till some one of his own free will asks you to be his wife. Who acts: I, father, you. 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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 (I, father, you), 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:pg7277:7:125 # text = Whilst I was fainting with terror he transported me here, and cried to me with his awful voice: “There shall you remain, lonely and hideous, despised even by the brutes, till the end of your days, or till some one of his own free will asks you to be his wife. 1 Whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fainting faint VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 transported transport VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 parataxis _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 32 even even ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 brutes brute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 till till ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 till till ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 nmod _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 cop _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **faint** | past · progressive | I | | | | | with terror | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **transport** | past | father | me | | here | till some one of father's own free | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | father *not said here* | | me | | | with father's awful voice | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient | | 4 | **remain** *in a quote* | shall | you | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **despise** *in a quote* | participle | you *not said here* | | | | till the end of your days | by the brutes | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | future | | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | father's wife | | | | | tree rules | 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/126/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Caliph Stork](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/)