--- title: He stood still in sheer amazement, not knowing which to rejoice over… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He stood still in sheer amazement, not knowing which to rejoice over most—this unexpected find, or the proof of the magic root’s real power; but at last he remembered that it was quite time to be starting on his journey. Who acts: Peter, door. 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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 (Peter, door), 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:pg2435:16:65 # text = He stood still in sheer amazement, not knowing which to rejoice over most—this unexpected find, or the proof of the magic root’s real power; but at last he remembered that it was quite time to be starting on his journey. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 sheer sheer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 rejoice rejoice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 — - PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 17 unexpected unexpected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 find find NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 quite quite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux _ _ 43 starting start VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Peter | | | sheer amazement | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in amazement=Location | | 2 | **not** **know** | gerund | Peter *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **rejoice** | to-infinitive | | | | most | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **remember** | past | Peter | | | last | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | door | quite time | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **start** | to-infinitive · progressive | door *not said here* | | | Peter's journey | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **proof** | | | the magic root's real power | | | | | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **journey** | | Peter | | | | | | nom journey «act 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/66/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/)