--- title: The King, although he had been surprised and astonished at the way h… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King, although he had been surprised and astonished at the way his commands had been carried out, was very vexed that the stranger should escape with his life, and turning to the two brothers he said, ‘He has certainly accomplished the first task, with the aid no doubt of his diabolical magic; b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/85/) [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 Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/) / 85 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1, sentence 85 The King, although he had been surprised and astonished at the way his commands had been carried out, was very vexed that the stranger should escape with his life, and turning to the two brothers he said, ‘He has certainly accomplished the first task, with the aid no doubt of his diabolical magic; but what shall we give him to do now? **Who acts:** King, way, stranger, we · **What happens:** surprise, astonish, carry out, vex, escape, turn · **To what, where:** King, way, commands, first task, diabolical magic · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, way, stranger, we), 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:pg640:14:85 # text = The King, although he had been surprised and astonished at the way his commands had been carried out, was very vexed that the stranger should escape with his life, and turning to the two brothers he said, ‘He has certainly accomplished the first task, with the aid no doubt of his diabolical magic; but what shall we give him to do now? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 although although SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 surprised surprise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 astonished astonish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 commands command NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 22 very very ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 29 with with 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 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 csubj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 49 amod _ _ 49 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 54 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 55 det _ _ 55 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 appos _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 58 diabolical diabolical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 but but CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 62 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 65 obj _ _ 63 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 64 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 66 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 iobj _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ _ 69 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 68 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ? ? PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surprise** | past · perfect · passive | the King *not said here* | King | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **astonish** | participle | the King *not said here* | | | the way | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **carry out** | past · perfect · passive | the way *not said here* | King's commands | | | | | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **vex** | past · passive | | the King | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **escape** | should | the stranger | | | | | with King's life | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **turn** | gerund | | | | | | to the two brothers *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to brother=Result | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | stranger | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **accomplish** | present · perfect | stranger | the first task | | | | with the aid; certainly *property* | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality | | 9 | **give** | shall | we | | King | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **do** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | now | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **command** | | King | | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **doubt** | | | King's diabolical magic | | | | | 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:** «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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/86/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/)