--- title: None of these things could terrify the noble young King, and the bol… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: None of these things could terrify the noble young King, and the boldness of his looks and actions reassured those who were looking on, and perhaps even embarrassed the Yellow Dwarf himself; but even _his_ courage gave way when he saw what was happening to his beloved Princess. 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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 (None, boldness, courage, Dwarf), 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:pg503:6:56 # text = None of these things could terrify the noble young King, and the boldness of his looks and actions reassured those who were looking on, and perhaps even embarrassed the Yellow Dwarf himself; but even _his_ courage gave way when he saw what was happening to his beloved Princess. 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 terrify terrify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 boldness boldness NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 looks look NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 actions action NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 reassured reassure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 21 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 20 obj _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 25 on on ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 even even ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 embarrassed embarrass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 even even ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 41 punct _ _ 41 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 43 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 47 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 ccomp _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **terrify** | could | None | the noble young King | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | | 2 | **reassure** | past | the boldness of King's looks and actions | those | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus that=Experiencer | | 3 | **look on** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **embarrass** | past | the boldness of King's looks and actions *not said here* | the Yellow Dwarf Dwarf | | | | perhaps *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dwarf=Experiencer | | 5 | **give** | past | Dwarf's courage | way | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past | Dwarf | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **happen** | past · progressive | | | | | | to Dwarf's beloved Princess | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/57/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/)