--- title: The Enchanter’s first thought was to defend himself when he saw Meli… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Enchanter’s first thought was to defend himself when he saw Melinette appear, but she slipped round his blind side, and catching him by the eyelashes dragged him off to the ceiling of the hall, where she held him kicking for a while just to give him a lesson, and then touching him with her wand --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/170/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Pote…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/) / 170 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 170 The Enchanter’s first thought was to defend himself when he saw Melinette appear, but she slipped round his blind side, and catching him by the eyelashes dragged him off to the ceiling of the hall, where she held him kicking for a while just to give him a lesson, and then touching him with her wand she imprisoned him for a thousand years in a crystal ball which hung from the roof. **Who acts:** first thought, enchanter, Melinette, catching, crystal ball · **What happens:** be, see, appear, slip, catch, drag off · **To what, where:** enchanter, ceiling, lesson, roof · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first thought, enchanter, Melinette, catching), 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:pg7277:11:170 # text = The Enchanter’s first thought was to defend himself when he saw Melinette appear, but she slipped round his blind side, and catching him by the eyelashes dragged him off to the ceiling of the hall, where she held him kicking for a while just to give him a lesson, and then touching him with her wand she imprisoned him for a thousand years in a crystal ball which hung from the roof. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:outer _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 defend defend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 13 Melinette Melinette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 appear appear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 19 round round ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 catching catch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 csubj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 eyelashes eyelash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 30 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 off off ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 kicking kick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 just just ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 iobj _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ _ 57 touching touch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 imprisoned imprison VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ _ 64 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 for for ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 68 nummod _ _ 68 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ _ 69 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 crystal crystal NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 72 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 73 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 74 nsubj _ _ 74 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 acl:relcl _ _ 75 from from ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Enchanter's first thought | | | | | defend *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | enchanter | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **appear** | present | Melinette | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **slip** | past | Melinette | | | | | round enchanter's blind side | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **catch** | gerund | | enchanter | | | | by the eyelashes | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **drag off** | past | catching | enchanter | | the ceiling of the hall | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to ceiling=Destination | | 7 | **hold** | past | Melinette | enchanter | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **kick** | gerund | Melinette *not said here* | | | | while | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **give** | to-infinitive | Melinette *not said here* | a lesson | enchanter | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient lesson=Theme | | 10 | **touch** | gerund | Melinette *not said here* | enchanter | | | then | with Melinette's wand | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer with wand=Instrument | | 11 | **imprison** | past | Melinette | enchanter | | | year | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 12 | **hang** | past | a crystal ball | | | the roof | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **think** | | the Enchanter | | | | | | nom thought «cognition 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 169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/169/) - next →: [sentence 171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/171/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)