--- title: Meanwhile the King was asking the Enchanter to what he was indebted… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile the King was asking the Enchanter to what he was indebted for the honour of this visit, and on his replying that he would not say until the Queen was also present, messenger after messenger was dispatched to her to beg her immediate attendance. Who acts: King, enchanter, replying, Queen. 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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, enchanter, replying, Queen), 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:pg7277:11:130 # text = Meanwhile the King was asking the Enchanter to what he was indebted for the honour of this visit, and on his replying that he would not say until the Queen was also present, messenger after messenger was dispatched to her to beg her immediate attendance. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 obl _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 indebted indebt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 on on SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 replying reply VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 csubj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 29 until until ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 also also ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 37 after after ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 dispatched dispatch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 immediate immediate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 attendance attendance NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | the King | | the Enchanter | | | meanwhile *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent enchanter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **indebt** | past · passive | | enchanter | | | | for the honour of this visit | tree rules | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | gerund | enchanter | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | would | enchanter | | | | until the Queen | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | replying | | | | after messenger | present *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **dispatch** | past · passive | | | Queen | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to she=Destination | | 7 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | | Queen's immediate attendance | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent attendance=Recipient | | 8 | **honour** | | | this visit | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **attend** | | Queen | | | | | | nom attendance «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/131/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)