--- title: No sooner was this done than the Wizard King was seen in the air und… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No sooner was this done than the Wizard King was seen in the air under the form of some unknown bird, exclaiming as he flew off that he would never forgive either his son or the Fairy the cruel wrong they had done him. Who acts: King, doors. 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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, doors), 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:pg640:20:67 # text = No sooner was this done than the Wizard King was seen in the air under the form of some unknown bird, exclaiming as he flew off that he would never forgive either his son or the Fairy the cruel wrong they had done him. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 than than SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Wizard Wizard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 under under ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 20 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 exclaiming exclaim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 27 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 33 either either CCONJ CC _ 35 cc:preconj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 vocative _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 wrong wrong NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · passive | | this | | | | soon *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **see** | past · passive | | the Wizard King | | the air | | under the form of some unknown bird | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **fly off** | past | King | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **forgive** | would | King | | | | | King's son or the Fairy *vocative* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | doors *= door* | King | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 7 | **form** | | | some unknown bird | | | | | nom form «communication 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/68/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/)