--- title: His father and brothers were quite astonished at his magnificence, a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His father and brothers were quite astonished at his magnificence, and after he had greeted them he took the walnut from his pocket and opened it, fully expecting to find the piece of muslin, but instead there was only a hazel-nut. Who acts: King. 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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), 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:pg503:24:23 # text = His father and brothers were quite astonished at his magnificence, and after he had greeted them he took the walnut from his pocket and opened it, fully expecting to find the piece of muslin, but instead there was only a hazel-nut. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 quite quite ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 astonished astonish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 magnificence magnificence NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 13 after after SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 greeted greet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 walnut walnut NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 fully fully ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 expecting expect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 muslin muslin NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 instead instead ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 41 expl _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 hazel hazel NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **astonish** | past · passive | | King's father and brothers | | King's magnificence | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past · perfect · passive | | King | father | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past | King | the walnut | | King's pocket | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent walnut=Theme from pocket=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **open** | past | King *not said here* | walnut | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 5 | **expect** | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | fully *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the piece of muslin | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic | | 7 | **is a** | past | | a hazel nut | | | | | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/24/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)