--- title: All the other knights gazed in astonishment, for he had almost gaine… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All the other knights gazed in astonishment, for he had almost gained the summit, and in another moment he would have reached the apple-tree; but of a sudden a huge eagle rose up and spread its mighty wings, hitting as it did so the knight’s horse in the eye. 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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 (other knights, neighbourhood, sudden huge eagle, eagle), 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:pg640:22:17 # text = All the other knights gazed in astonishment, for he had almost gained the summit, and in another moment he would have reached the apple-tree; but of a sudden a huge eagle rose up and spread its mighty wings, hitting as it did so the knight’s horse in the eye. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 almost almost ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 gained gain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 20 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 24 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 33 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 hitting hit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’s 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gaze** | past | all other knights | | | | | in astonishment | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in astonishment=Theme | | 2 | **gain** | past · perfect | neighbourhood | the summit | | | | almost *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent summit=Theme | | 3 | **reach** | would · perfect | neighbourhood | the apple tree | | | moment | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | | 4 | **rise up** | past | a sudden huge eagle | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **spread** | past | a sudden huge eagle *not said here* | eagle's mighty wings | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme | | 6 | **hit** | gerund | a sudden huge eagle *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | past | eagle | the knight's horse | | the eye | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/18/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/)