--- title: The King could not hide his amazement, but at the same time his wrat… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King could not hide his amazement, but at the same time his wrath increased, and he was more ready than ever to believe the two brothers, who kept on repeating that Ferko was nothing more nor less than a wicked magician. Who acts: King, wrath, two brothers, Ferko. 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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 (King, wrath, two brothers, Ferko), 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:pg640:15:13 # text = The King could not hide his amazement, but at the same time his wrath increased, and he was more ready than ever to believe the two brothers, who kept on repeating that Ferko was nothing more nor less than a wicked magician. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 increased increase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 advmod _ _ 22 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 23 than than ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 22 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 on on SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 repeating repeat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 xcomp _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 Ferko Ferko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 34 obj _ _ 39 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 amod _ _ 40 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 41 cc _ _ 41 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 conj _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hide** | could | the King | King's amazement | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amazement=Patient | | 2 | **increase** | past | King's wrath | | | | time | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | wrath | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **believe** | to-infinitive | wrath *not said here* | the two brothers | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus | | 5 | **keep** | past | the two brothers | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **repeat** | gerund | the two brothers *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **is a** | past | Ferko | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **amaze** | | King | | | | | | nom amazement «feeling 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/14/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/)