--- title: At the sight of so much majesty, the magician was not only dazzled,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At the sight of so much majesty, the magician was not only dazzled, but was so amazed that, after she had prostrated herself before the throne, she could not open her lips to thank the Fairy as she proposed. Who acts: magician. 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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 (magician), 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:pg503:52:9 # text = At the sight of so much majesty, the magician was not only dazzled, but was so amazed that, after she had prostrated herself before the throne, she could not open her lips to thank the Fairy as she proposed. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 dazzled dazzle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 after after SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 prostrated prostrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 26 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 before before ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 proposed propose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dazzle** | past · passive | | the magician | | the sight of much majesty | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | amazed *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **prostrate** | past · perfect · passive | | magician | | | before the throne | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **open** | could | magician | magician's lips | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lip=Theme | | 5 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive | magician *not said here* | | the Fairy | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Theme | | 6 | **propose** | past | magician | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sight** | | | much majesty | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/10/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)