--- title: She heard exclamations of admiration on all sides; and the King her… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She heard exclamations of admiration on all sides; and the King her father looked at her so attentively that she was afraid he must recognize her; but he was so sure that she was dead that the idea never occurred to him. Who acts: Miranda, King, idea. 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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 (Miranda, King, idea), 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:pg503:31:70 # text = She heard exclamations of admiration on all sides; and the King her father looked at her so attentively that she was afraid he must recognize her; but he was so sure that she was dead that the idea never occurred to him. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 exclamations exclamation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 attentively attentively ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 recognize recognize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 ccomp _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 occurred occur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Miranda | exclamations of admiration | | all sides | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer exclamation=Stimulus | | 2 | **look** | past | the King Miranda's father | | | | | at Miranda | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | Miranda | | | | | afraid, attentively *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **recognize** | must | King | Miranda | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | King | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | Miranda | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **occur** | past | the idea | | King | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **exclaim** | | | admiration | | | | | nom exclamation «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/71/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)