--- title: The King was struck dumb with astonishment at this unexpected sight;… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King was struck dumb with astonishment at this unexpected sight; but as soon as she came within speaking distance, she said to him, “I know how sad you are at losing your Princess and being kept a prisoner by the Fairy of the Desert; if you like I will help you to escape from this fatal place, w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/) / 22 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 22 The King was struck dumb with astonishment at this unexpected sight; but as soon as she came within speaking distance, she said to him, “I know how sad you are at losing your Princess and being kept a prisoner by the Fairy of the Desert; if you like I will help you to escape from this fatal place, where you may otherwise have to drag on a weary existence for thirty years or more.” **Who acts:** hair, King, Fairy · **What happens:** strike, come, speak, say, know, lose · **To what, where:** King, unexpected sight, distance, Princess, prisoner, fatal place · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hair, King, Fairy), 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:pg503:7:22 # text = The King was struck dumb with astonishment at this unexpected sight; but as soon as she came within speaking distance, she said to him, “I know how sad you are at losing your Princess and being kept a prisoner by the Fairy of the Desert; if you like I will help you to escape from this fatal place, where you may otherwise have to drag on a weary existence for thirty years or more.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 10 unexpected unexpected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 as as ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 within within ADP IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 21 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 31 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 32 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 xcomp _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 51 if if SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 advcl _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 60 from from ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 63 det _ _ 62 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 65 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 69 advmod _ _ 66 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 68 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 69 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 conj _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 drag drag VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 xcomp _ _ 72 on on ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 76 for for ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 78 nummod _ _ 78 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 obl _ _ 79 or or CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 80 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 78 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 ” " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past · passive | | the King | | this unexpected sight | | with astonishment; dumb *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | hair | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | hair *not said here* | distance | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | hair | | King | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | present | hair | | | | | sad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · progressive | King | your Princess | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality | | 7 | **keep** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | the Fairy of the Desert | a prisoner | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | King | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **help** *in a quote* | future | hair | King | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 10 | **escape** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | this fatal place | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from place=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **have** *in a quote* | may | King | | | | | otherwise *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **drag** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | a weary existence | year | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on existence=Location | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/23/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)