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title: He was greatly astonished when he saw the gold hut shining and glitt… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: He was greatly astonished when he saw the gold hut shining and glittering there in the copse, and he was still more astonished when he went in and caught sight of the beautiful young maiden who was sitting there; he fell in love with her at once, and straightway on the spot he begged her, both prett
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 2, sentence 46

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He was greatly astonished when he saw the gold hut shining and glittering there in the copse, and he was still more astonished when he went in and caught sight of the beautiful young maiden who was sitting there; he fell in love with her at once, and straightway on the spot he begged her, both prettily and kindly, to marry him.

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**Who acts:** sheriff, gold hut, beautiful young maiden · **What happens:** be, see, shine, glitter, go in, catch · **To what, where:** gold hut, copse, sight, straightway, love, spot

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sheriff, gold hut, beautiful young maiden), 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:pg503:18:46
# text = He was greatly astonished when he saw the gold hut shining and glittering there in the copse, and he was still more astonished when he went in and caught sight of the beautiful young maiden who was sitting there; he fell in love with her at once, and straightway on the spot he begged her, both prettily and kindly, to marry him.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	astonished	astonished	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	gold	gold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	glittering	glitter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	conj	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	copse	copse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
22	still	still	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
23	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	24	advmod	_	_
24	astonished	astonished	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
25	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	27	advmod	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	parataxis	_	_
28	in	in	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
31	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
34	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
35	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
37	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	acl:relcl	_	_
40	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
46	with	with	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obl	_	_
48	at	at	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	straightway	straightway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
53	on	on	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	_
56	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
57	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	acl:relcl	_	_
58	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
60	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	61	advmod	_	_
61	prettily	prettily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	conj	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	61	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
65	to	to	PART	TO	_	66	mark	_	_
66	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	conj	_	_
67	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | sheriff |  |  |  |  | astonished, greatly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | sheriff | the gold hut |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hut=Stimulus |
| 3 | **shine** | gerund | the gold hut *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **glitter** | gerund | the gold hut *not said here* |  |  | the copse; there |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in copse=Location |
| 5 | **is** | past | sheriff |  |  |  | still | astonished *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **go in** | past | sheriff |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **catch** | past | sheriff *not said here* | sight of the beautiful young maiden |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme |
| 8 | **sit** | past · progressive | the beautiful young maiden |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **fall** | past | sheriff | straightway on the spot |  | love |  | with hag | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location |
| 10 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | sheriff | the spot *not said here* | hag |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 11 | **marry** | to-infinitive | sheriff *not said here* | sheriff |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 12 | **sight** |  |  | the beautiful young maiden |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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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