--- title: So she sent for the Enchanter secretly, and after making him promise… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So she sent for the Enchanter secretly, and after making him promise that he would never turn herself and King Cloverleaf out of their kingdom, and that he would take Potentilla far away, so that never again might she set eyes upon her, she arranged the wedding for the next day but one. 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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 (Queen, enchanter), 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:pg7277:11:160 # text = So she sent for the Enchanter secretly, and after making him promise that he would never turn herself and King Cloverleaf out of their kingdom, and that he would take Potentilla far away, so that never again might she set eyes upon her, she arranged the wedding for the next day but one. 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 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 after after SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 19 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Cloverleaf cloverleaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 33 Potentilla Potentilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 43 mark _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 again again ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 44 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 45 upon upon ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 arranged arrange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 56 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | Queen | | | | | for the Enchanter; secretly *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | gerund | | enchanter | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | infinitive | Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **turn** | would | enchanter | Queen | | cloud's kingdom | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent herself=Theme out kingdom=Trajectory | | 5 | **take** | would | enchanter | | Potentilla | | | away *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument potentilla=Destination | | 6 | **set** | might | Queen | eyes | | | again | upon Potentilla | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme upon she=Destination | | 7 | **arrange** | past | Queen | the wedding | | | day | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Product | 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 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/159/) - next →: [sentence 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/161/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)