--- title: He noticed, with amazement, that as he walked through the streets th… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He noticed, with amazement, that as he walked through the streets the guards drew themselves up in line, and saluted him, and the drummers played the royal march; but he was still more bewildered when several servants in livery ran up to him and told him that the princess was sure something terrible --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/38/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/38/) / 37 # The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 5, sentence 37 He noticed, with amazement, that as he walked through the streets the guards drew themselves up in line, and saluted him, and the drummers played the royal march; but he was still more bewildered when several servants in livery ran up to him and told him that the princess was sure something terrible had befallen him, and had made herself ill with weeping. **Who acts:** Knight, guards, drummers, several servants, princess · **What happens:** notice, walk, draw up, salute, play, bewilder · **To what, where:** amazement, guards, streets, Knight, royal march, something · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Knight, guards, drummers, several servants), 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:pg3282:38:37 # text = He noticed, with amazement, that as he walked through the streets the guards drew themselves up in line, and saluted him, and the drummers played the royal march; but he was still more bewildered when several servants in livery ran up to him and told him that the princess was sure something terrible had befallen him, and had made herself ill with weeping. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 17 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 saluted salute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 drummers drummer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 march march NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 still still ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 39 bewildered bewilder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 41 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 livery livery NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 iobj _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 56 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 ccomp _ _ 57 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 ccomp _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 64 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 66 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 65 obj _ _ 67 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 xcomp _ _ 68 with with ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 weeping weeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | past | Knight | amazement | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer amazement=Stimulus | | 2 | **walk** | past | Knight | amazement | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **draw up** | past | the guards | guards *= guard* | | the streets | | in line | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in line=Destination | | 4 | **salute** | past | the guards *not said here* | Knight | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 5 | **play** | past | the drummers | the royal march | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent march=Theme | | 6 | **bewilder** | past · passive | Knight | | | | still | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **run up** | past | several servants in livery | | Knight | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Knight *not said here* | | Knight | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 9 | **is** | past | the princess | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **befall** | past · perfect · passive | | something | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **make** | past · perfect | | princess | | | | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset herself=Product | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/38/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/38/38/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/38/)