--- title: At the sight of so much splendor the sorceress was not only dazzled,… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: At the sight of so much splendor the sorceress was not only dazzled, but so struck, that after she had prostrated herself before the throne, she could not open her lips to thank the fairy, as she had proposed. Who acts: sorceress. 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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 (sorceress), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:13:74 # text = At the sight of so much splendor the sorceress was not only dazzled, but so struck, that after she had prostrated herself before the throne, she could not open her lips to thank the fairy, as she had proposed. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 splendor splendor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sorceress sorceress NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 dazzled dazzle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 20 after after SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 prostrated prostrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 24 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 before before ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 proposed propose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dazzle** | past · passive | | the sorceress | | the sight of much splendor | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **strike** | participle | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **prostrate** | past · perfect · passive | | that | | | before the throne | sorceress *nsubj:pass* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **open** | could | sorceress | sorceress's lips | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lip=Theme | | 5 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive | sorceress *not said here* | | the fairy | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Theme | | 6 | **propose** | past · perfect | sorceress | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sight** | | | much splendor | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)