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title: She represented to him what a powerful enchanter Grumedan was, and h… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: She represented to him what a powerful enchanter Grumedan was, and how, if he were provoked, he might avenge himself upon the Princess, since he was the most unjust and churlish of all the enchanters, and had often before had to be punished by the Fairy Queen for some of his ill-deeds. Who acts: Mel
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# The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 58

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She represented to him what a powerful enchanter Grumedan was, and how, if he were provoked, he might avenge himself upon the Princess, since he was the most unjust and churlish of all the enchanters, and had often before had to be punished by the Fairy Queen for some of his ill-deeds.

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**Who acts:** Melinette, powerful enchanter, enchanter, Fairy Queen · **What happens:** represent, be, provoke, avenge, have, punish · **To what, where:** enchanter

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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 (Melinette, powerful enchanter, enchanter, Fairy Queen), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7277:11:58
# text = She represented to him what a powerful enchanter Grumedan was, and how, if he were provoked, he might avenge himself upon the Princess, since he was the most unjust and churlish of all the enchanters, and had often before had to be punished by the Fairy Queen for some of his ill-deeds.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	represented	represent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
9	Grumedan	Grumedan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
13	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	provoked	provoke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	avenge	avenge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
23	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	22	obj	_	_
24	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
28	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	33	advmod	_	_
33	unjust	unjust	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	parataxis	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	churlish	churlish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	conj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	39	det:predet	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	enchanters	enchanter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
43	often	often	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
44	before	before	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
45	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	ccomp	_	_
46	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
47	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	aux:pass	_	_
48	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	xcomp	_	_
49	by	by	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	_
52	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
53	for	for	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	48	obl	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
56	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
57	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **represent** | past | Melinette |  | enchanter |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to he=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | past | a powerful enchanter |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **provoke** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive |  | enchanter |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 4 | **avenge** | might | enchanter | enchanter |  |  |  | upon the Princess | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | past | enchanter |  |  |  |  | unjust *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **be** |  | enchanter *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of all enchanters | tree rules |
| 7 | **have** | past | Melinette *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **have** | past | Melinette *not said here* |  |  |  |  | before, often *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **punish** | to-infinitive · passive | the Fairy Queen |  |  |  |  | for some | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for some=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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