--- title: At length the King, recovering from his astonishment at recognising… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length the King, recovering from his astonishment at recognising the brother who had been lost some years before, exclaimed, ‘Yes, you are indeed my brother, and now that I have found you, take the throne to which I have no longer a right.’ Who acts: you, I, King. 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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 (you, I, King), 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:pg640:23:36 # text = At length the King, recovering from his astonishment at recognising the brother who had been lost some years before, exclaimed, ‘Yes, you are indeed my brother, and now that I have found you, take the throne to which I have no longer a right.’ 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 recovering recover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 at at SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 recognising recognise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 19 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 before before ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 31 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 41 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obl _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 48 no no ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 51 advmod _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recover** | gerund | | | | King's astonishment | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from astonishment=Source | | 2 | **recognise** | gerund | | the brother | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus | | 3 | **lose** | past · perfect · passive | | the brother | | | | before *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | you | my brother | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **find** | present · perfect | I | you | | | now | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic | | 7 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the throne | | length and my brother | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent throne=Theme at length=Asset | | 8 | **have** | present | I | a right | | | | to the throne | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient | | 9 | **astonish** | | King | | | | | | nom astonishment «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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/37/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/)