--- title: At the same moment the Fairy of the Beech-Woods took away the enchan… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At the same moment the Fairy of the Beech-Woods took away the enchantment, and the happy Princess recognised her lover, now truly hers, for the trials they had both undergone had so changed and improved them that they were capable of a real love for each other. 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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 (Fairy, happy Princess, trials), 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:pg7277:12:171 # text = At the same moment the Fairy of the Beech-Woods took away the enchantment, and the happy Princess recognised her lover, now truly hers, for the trials they had both undergone had so changed and improved them that they were capable of a real love for each other. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 Beech Beech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Woods Woods PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 away away ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 26 truly truly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 hers her PRON PRP Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 trials trial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 both both ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 undergone undergo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 improved improve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 capable capable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 advcl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 49 nmod _ _ 52 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take away** | past | the Fairy of the Beech Woods | the enchantment | | | moment | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enchantment=Theme | | 2 | **recognise** | past | the happy Princess | Princess's lover | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **undergo** | past · perfect | trials *= trial* | the trials *not said here* | | | | both *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **change** | past · perfect · passive | | the trials | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **improve** | past | the Fairy of the Beech Woods *not said here* | trials *= trial* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | trials *= trial* | | | | | of a real love for each; capable *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 170](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/170/) - next →: [sentence 172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/172/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)