--- title: So she resolved to consult an Enchanter of whom she had heard a grea… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So she resolved to consult an Enchanter of whom she had heard a great deal since she had been a shepherdess, and without saying a word to anybody she set out to find the castle in which he lived with his sister, who was a powerful Fairy. Who acts: Princess, enchanter, sister. 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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 (Princess, enchanter, sister), 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:pg540:35:82 # text = So she resolved to consult an Enchanter of whom she had heard a great deal since she had been a shepherdess, and without saying a word to anybody she set out to find the castle in which he lived with his sister, who was a powerful Fairy. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Enchanter enchanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 since since SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 shepherdess shepherdess NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 without without SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 27 nmod _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 with with 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 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resolve** | past | Princess | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **consult** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | a Enchanter | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enchanter=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past · perfect | Princess | a great deal | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer deal=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | past · perfect | Princess | a shepherdess | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Princess *not said here* | a word | anybody | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to anybody=Recipient | | 6 | **set out** | past | Princess | a word *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **find** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | the castle | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Topic | | 8 | **live** | past | enchanter | | | the castle | | with enchanter's sister and a powerful Fairy | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 9 | **is a** | past | enchanter's sister and a powerful Fairy | a powerful Fairy | | | | | 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 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/83/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/)