--- title: But imagine his astonishment and delight when suddenly a lovely prin… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But imagine his astonishment and delight when suddenly a lovely princess stood before him, and, while he was still speechless with amazement, the door opened and a goodly company of knights and ladies entered, each carrying a cat’s skin! Who acts: you, lovely princess, task, door. 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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 (you, lovely princess, task, door), 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:pg503:24:55 # text = But imagine his astonishment and delight when suddenly a lovely princess stood before him, and, while he was still speechless with amazement, the door opened and a goodly company of knights and ladies entered, each carrying a cat’s skin! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 imagine imagine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 8 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 13 before before ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 while while SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 still still ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 speechless speechless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 advcl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 goodly goodly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 37 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 40 nsubj _ _ 40 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imagine** | imperative | you *not said here* | task's astonishment and delight | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot astonishment=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | past | a lovely princess | | | | before task | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | task | | | | still | with amazement; speechless *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **open** | past | the door | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **enter** | past | a goodly company of knights and ladies | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **carry** | gerund | each | a cat's skin | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | | 7 | **astonish** | | task | | | | | | nom astonishment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/56/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)