--- title: After pausing a moment to give her time to admire him, the Enchanter… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After pausing a moment to give her time to admire him, the Enchanter made her the most complimentary speech he could invent, which, however, did not please her at all, though he was extremely delighted with it himself. Who acts: Enchanter. 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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 (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:pg7277:11:40 # text = After pausing a moment to give her time to admire him, the Enchanter made her the most complimentary speech he could invent, which, however, did not please her at all, though he was extremely delighted with it himself. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 pausing pause VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 admire admire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 19 advmod _ _ 19 complimentary complimentary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 invent invent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 however however ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 please please VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 though though SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 extremely extremely ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pause** | gerund | the Enchanter *not said here* | | | | moment | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | the Enchanter *not said here* | | | | time | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **admire** | to-infinitive | the Enchanter *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **make** | past | the Enchanter | the complimentary speech | Princess | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary speech=Product | | 5 | **invent** | could | enchanter | the complimentary speech *not said here* | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Result | | 6 | **not** **please** | past · do-support | | the complimentary speech | | all | | however *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus which=Experiencer she=Result | | 7 | **is** | past | enchanter | | | | | with speech; Prince *obl*; delighted, extremely *property* | 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 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/41/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)