--- title: And all the courtiers and counsellors were amazed when they saw the… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And all the courtiers and counsellors were amazed when they saw the hard lines round his mouth and the frown on his brow grow smooth, and heard the mild but mocking tones in which he answered the old woman, saying: Who acts: courtiers, 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 (courtiers, 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:pg640:33:105 # text = And all the courtiers and counsellors were amazed when they saw the hard lines round his mouth and the frown on his brow grow smooth, and heard the mild but mocking tones in which he answered the old woman, saying: 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 counsellors counsellor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 advcl _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 round round ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 frown frown NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 brow brow NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 24 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 25 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 mocking mock VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 amod _ _ 33 tones tone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | all courtiers and counsellors | the hard lines | | | | round King's mouth and the frown | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer line=Stimulus | | 2 | **grow** | present | | | | King's brow | | smooth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on brow=Location | | 3 | **hear** | past | | the mild mocking tones | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tone=Stimulus | | 4 | **mock** | gerund | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | King | | the old woman | the mild mocking tones | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent woman=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/106/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/)