--- title: But what was his surprise, when instead of finding the fountain in t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But what was his surprise, when instead of finding the fountain in the spot where he had left it, he saw in its place a little rustic palace built in the best taste, and standing in the doorway a charming maiden, at whose sight his mind seemed to give way. Who acts: Prince, mind. 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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 (Prince, mind), 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:pg640:12:18 # text = But what was his surprise, when instead of finding the fountain in the spot where he had left it, he saw in its place a little rustic palace built in the best taste, and standing in the doorway a charming maiden, at whose sight his mind seemed to give way. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 10 mark _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 rustic rustic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 31 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 amod _ _ 35 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 doorway doorway NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Prince's surprise | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | gerund | | the fountain | | the spot | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fountain=Topic | | 3 | **leave** | past · perfect | Prince | fountain | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | Prince | Prince's surprise *not said here* | | fountain's place | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer surprise=Stimulus | | 5 | **build** | participle | | a little rustic palace *not said here* | | | | in the best taste | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in taste=Attribute | | 6 | **stand** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | a charming maiden | | the doorway | | at sight | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in doorway=Location | | 7 | **seem** | past | Prince's mind | sight *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **give** | to-infinitive | Prince's mind *not said here* | way | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 9 | **mind** | | Prince | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/19/) - ↑ back to [The Donkey Cabbage, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/)