--- title: For a time the king stood where he was, horror-stricken at what he h… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For a time the king stood where he was, horror-stricken at what he had heard; but, being of a hopeful nature, he began at once to invent plans to save the prince from the dreadful doom that awaited him. Who acts: king, dreadful doom. 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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 (king, dreadful doom), 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:pg3282:24:121 # text = For a time the king stood where he was, horror-stricken at what he had heard; but, being of a hopeful nature, he began at once to invent plans to save the prince from the dreadful doom that awaited him. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 stricken stricken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 hopeful hopeful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 29 obl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 invent invent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 34 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 doom doom NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 awaited await VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the king | | | | time | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | king | | | | | stricken *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | past · perfect | king | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of a hopeful nature | tree rules | | 5 | **begin** | past | king | a hopeful nature *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **invent** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | plans | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Result | | 7 | **save** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | the prince | | the dreadful doom | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent prince=Theme from doom=Source | | 8 | **await** | past | the dreadful doom | king | | | | | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/122/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/)