--- title: Every one gazed with astonishment at the prodigy; and the murmur of… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Every one gazed with astonishment at the prodigy; and the murmur of innumerable voices increasing like the sound of approaching thunder, Carazan beckoned with his hand; attention suspended the tumult in a moment, and he thus gratified the curiosity which had procured him audience. 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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 (innumerable voices, sound, one, attention), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62868:17:9 # text = Every one gazed with astonishment at the prodigy; and the murmur of innumerable voices increasing like the sound of approaching thunder, Carazan beckoned with his hand; attention suspended the tumult in a moment, and he thus gratified the curiosity which had procured him audience. 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 3 gazed gaze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prodigy prodigy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 murmur murmur NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 innumerable innumerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 increasing increase VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 like like ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 approaching approach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 22 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Carazan Carazan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 25 beckoned beckon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 suspended suspend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 tumult tumult NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 thus thus ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 gratified gratify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 procured procure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gaze** | participle | | every one *not said here* | | | | with astonishment; at the prodigy | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at prodigy=Theme | | 2 | **increase** | gerund | innumerable voices *not said here* | | | | | like the sound | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **approach** | gerund | the sound *not said here* | thunder | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thunder=Theme | | 4 | **beckon** | past | every one | | | | | with Carazan's hand; the murmur of innumerable voices *nsubj* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **suspend** | past | attention | the tumult | | | moment | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tumult=Theme | | 6 | **gratify** | past | Carazan | the curiosity | | | | thus *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus curiosity=Experiencer | | 7 | **procure** | past · perfect · passive | | the curiosity | | | | Carazan *obj*; audience *obj* | tree rules | | 8 | **murmur** | | | innumerable voices | | | | | nom murmur «event 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:** «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Project Gutenberg book 62868 (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/pg62868/17/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/17/10/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Carazan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/17/)