--- title: The King could hardly believe his ears; but Rosimond, turning the ri… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King could hardly believe his ears; but Rosimond, turning the ring, appeared before him in the likeness of the Prince, and the King gazed distractedly at the two youths who seemed both to be his son. Who acts: King, Rosimond, two youths. 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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, Rosimond, two youths), 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:pg7277:19:83 # text = The King could hardly believe his ears; but Rosimond, turning the ring, appeared before him in the likeness of the Prince, and the King gazed distractedly at the two youths who seemed both to be his son. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Rosimond Rosimond PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 before before ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 likeness likeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 30 distractedly distractedly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | could | the King | King's ears | | | | hardly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ear=Stimulus | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | Rosimond *not said here* | the ring | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ring=Theme | | 3 | **appear** | past | Rosimond | | | the likeness of the Prince | before King | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=Location | | 4 | **gaze** | past | the King | | | | | at the two youths; distractedly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at youth=Theme | | 5 | **seem** | past | the two youths | both | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme both=Attribute | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the two youths *not said here* | King's son | | | | | tree rules | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/84/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/)