--- title: No sooner had Ferko entered the palace than all eyes were turned on… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No sooner had Ferko entered the palace than all eyes were turned on the handsome youth, and the King’s daughter herself was lost in admiration, for she had never seen anyone so handsome in her life before. Who acts: Ferko, daughter. 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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 (Ferko, daughter), 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:pg640:14:55 # text = No sooner had Ferko entered the palace than all eyes were turned on the handsome youth, and the King’s daughter herself was lost in admiration, for she had never seen anyone so handsome in her life before. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Ferko Ferko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 than than SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 34 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 obj _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 before before ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | | | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **enter** | past | Ferko | the palace | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination | | 3 | **turn** | past · passive | | all eyes | | the handsome youth | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **lose** | past · passive | | the King's daughter | | admiration | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | daughter | anyone | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/56/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/)