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title: The moment the king of Khaistan saw the gorgeous train of men and be… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1, sentence 68

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The moment the king of Khaistan saw the gorgeous train of men and beasts entering his palace courtyard, he was so amazed that he hurried down in person to inquire about it, and became dumb when he heard that these also were a present from the princely Wali Dâd, and were for the princess, his daughter.

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**Who acts:** moment, beasts, king, these · **What happens:** see, enter, be, hurry down, inquire, become · **To what, where:** gorgeous train, palace courtyard, present, princely Wali · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (moment, beasts, king, these), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3282:34:68
# text = The moment the king of Khaistan saw the gorgeous train of men and beasts entering his palace courtyard, he was so amazed that he hurried down in person to inquire about it, and became dumb when he heard that these also were a present from the princely Wali Dâd, and were for the princess, his daughter.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Khaistan	Khaistan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	gorgeous	gorgeous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
15	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	so	so	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	amazed	amazed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	hurried	hurry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	advcl	_	_
27	down	down	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	inquire	inquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	advcl	_	_
32	about	about	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
37	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	xcomp	_	_
38	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	40	advmod	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	advcl	_	_
41	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
42	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	46	nsubj	_	_
43	also	also	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
44	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	ccomp	_	_
47	from	from	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	princely	princely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	Wali	Wali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	_
51	Dâd	Dâd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
54	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	cop	_	_
55	for	for	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
59	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | the moment | the gorgeous train of men and beasts |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus |
| 2 | **enter** | gerund | beasts *not said here* | Khaistan's palace courtyard |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme courtyard=Destination |
| 3 | **is** | past | king |  |  |  |  | amazed *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **hurry down** | past | king |  |  |  |  | in person | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in person=Trajectory |
| 5 | **inquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about courtyard | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
| 6 | **become** | past | the moment *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dumb *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **hear** | past | king |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **is a** | past | these | a present |  | the princely Wali |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **is** | past | the moment *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the princess and Wali's daughter | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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