--- title: Percinet was pleased at this, and with one stroke of his wand compel… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Percinet was pleased at this, and with one stroke of his wand compelled all the wilful little people to come back to their places in the box, and then rendering the Princess invisible he took her with him in his chariot to the castle. Who acts: Percinet. 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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 (Percinet), 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:pg540:25:37 # text = Percinet was pleased at this, and with one stroke of his wand compelled all the wilful little people to come back to their places in the box, and then rendering the Princess invisible he took her with him in his chariot to the castle. 1 Percinet Percinet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 compelled compel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 wilful wilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 rendering render VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Percinet | | | this | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **compel** | past | Percinet *not said here* | all wilful little people | | | | with one stroke of Percinet's wand | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | | 3 | **come back** | to-infinitive | Percinet *not said here* | | | people's places in the box | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **render** | gerund | Percinet *not said here* | the Princess | | | then | invisible *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | Percinet | Princess | | Percinet's chariot to the castle | | with wood | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Value in chariot=Location | | 6 | **stroke** | | | Percinet's wand | | | | | nom stroke «act 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/25/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/25/38/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/25/)