--- title: When she had by compliments and entreaties pacified the unknown Fair… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she had by compliments and entreaties pacified the unknown Fairy, and persuaded her to say no more, she gave the King a hint that now was the time to distribute the presents, after which ceremony they all took their departure, excepting the Fairy Genesta, who then went to see the Queen, and sai --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/13/) [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/) / [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/) / 13 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 13 When she had by compliments and entreaties pacified the unknown Fairy, and persuaded her to say no more, she gave the King a hint that now was the time to distribute the presents, after which ceremony they all took their departure, excepting the Fairy Genesta, who then went to see the Queen, and said to her: **Who acts:** doubt, Fairies, Fairy Genesta · **What happens:** have, pacify, persuade, say, give, be · **To what, where:** unknown Fairy, doubt, more, hint, King, time · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (doubt, Fairies, Fairy Genesta), 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:pg7277:14:13 # text = When she had by compliments and entreaties pacified the unknown Fairy, and persuaded her to say no more, she gave the King a hint that now was the time to distribute the presents, after which ceremony they all took their departure, excepting the Fairy Genesta, who then went to see the Queen, and said to her: 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 compliments compliment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 entreaties entreaty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 pacified pacify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 persuaded persuade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 no no ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hint hint NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 28 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 distribute distribute VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 after after ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 39 det _ _ 39 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 42 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 excepting except VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 Genesta Genesta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 52 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 advmod _ _ 53 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | doubt | | | | | by compliments and entreaties | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pacify** | past | | the unknown Fairy | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fairy=Experiencer | | 3 | **persuade** | past | | doubt | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Patient clause=Result | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | doubt *not said here* | more | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic | | 5 | **give** | past | doubt | a hint | the King | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient hint=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | | the time | | | now | | tree rules | | 7 | **distribute** | to-infinitive | doubt *not said here* | a hint | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **take** | past | Fairies *= fairy* | Fairies's departure | | | after which ceremony | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent departure=Theme | | 9 | **except** | gerund | Fairies *= fairy* *not said here* | the Fairy Genesta | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **go** | past | the Fairy Genesta | | | | then | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **see** | to-infinitive | the Fairy Genesta *not said here* | the Queen | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer queen=Stimulus | | 12 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | doubt | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 13 | **depart** | | Fairies *= fairy* | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/14/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)