--- title: These words struck me dumb with astonishment, though I had some doub… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: These words struck me dumb with astonishment, though I had some doubt of their truth: but Almalic, throwing back his garment, discovered the peculiarity of his vest, and put the royal signet upon his finger. Who acts: words, I, Almalic. 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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 (words, I, Almalic), 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:pg62868:7:15 # text = These words struck me dumb with astonishment, though I had some doubt of their truth: but Almalic, throwing back his garment, discovered the peculiarity of his vest, and put the royal signet upon his finger. 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 though though SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 13 det _ _ 13 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 Almalic Almalic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 throwing throw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 peculiarity peculiarity NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 vest vest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 signet signet NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | this words | me | | | | with astonishment; dumb *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent i=Patient with astonishment=Instrument | | 2 | **have** | past | I | some doubt of words's truth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doubt=Patient | | 3 | **throw back** | gerund | Almalic *not said here* | Almalic's garment | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Theme | | 4 | **discover** | past | Almalic | the peculiarity of Almalic's vest | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peculiarity=Topic | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | Almalic *not said here* | the royal signet | | Almalic's finger | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent signet=Theme upon finger=Destination | | 6 | **doubt** | | | words's truth | | | | | nom doubt «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:** «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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/16/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/)