--- title: But these treasures were all produced by enchantment, for the maiden… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But these treasures were all produced by enchantment, for the maiden could make anything she wished appear by the help of King Solomon’s signet ring; only none of these things remained fixed; they passed away like the wind without leaving a trace behind. 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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 (enchantment, maiden, anything, treasures), 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:pg640:5:90 # text = But these treasures were all produced by enchantment, for the maiden could make anything she wished appear by the help of King Solomon’s signet ring; only none of these things remained fixed; they passed away like the wind without leaving a trace behind. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 14 obj _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 23 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 signet signet NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 only only ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 6 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 like like ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 without without SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 behind behind ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **produce** | past · passive | enchantment | this treasures | | | | none *obl*; all *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | | 2 | **make** | could | the maiden | anything | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wish** | past | maiden | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **appear** | infinitive | anything *not said here* | | | | | by the help of King Solomon's signet ring | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by help=Location | | 5 | **remain** | participle | | this things *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fix** | participle | | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **pass away** | past | treasures *= treasure* | | | | | like the wind; away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **leave** | gerund | treasures *= treasure* *not said here* | a trace | | | | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trace=Theme | | 9 | **help** | | | King Solomon's signet ring | | | | | nom help «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 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/91/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/)