--- title: So, when the moment of the christening arrived the King--to whom the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So, when the moment of the christening arrived the King--to whom the task had been entrusted--had barely reached the end of the second page and his tongue was tripping with fatigue and haste as he repeated the usual formula: ‘I conjure and pray you, Fairy so-and-so’--or ‘Enchanter such-a-one’--‘to h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/5/) [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/) / 5 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 5 So, when the moment of the christening arrived the King--to whom the task had been entrusted--had barely reached the end of the second page and his tongue was tripping with fatigue and haste as he repeated the usual formula: ‘I conjure and pray you, Fairy so-and-so’--or ‘Enchanter such-a-one’--‘to honour me with a visit, and graciously bestow your gifts upon my son.’ **Who acts:** moment, tongue, I, Enchanter, your · **What happens:** arrive, entrust, reach, trip, repeat, conjure · **To what, where:** King, task, end, usual formula, Fairy, you 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 (moment, tongue, I, 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:pg7277:14:5 # text = So, when the moment of the christening arrived the King--to whom the task had been entrusted--had barely reached the end of the second page and his tongue was tripping with fatigue and haste as he repeated the usual formula: ‘I conjure and pray you, Fairy so-and-so’--or ‘Enchanter such-a-one’--‘to honour me with a visit, and graciously bestow your gifts upon my son.’ 1 So so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 entrusted entrust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 barely barely ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 29 amod _ _ 29 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 tripping trip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 fatigue fatigue NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 repeated repeat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 formula formula NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 46 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 conjure conjure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 so so ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 -- -- PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 or or CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 62 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 Enchanter enchanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 64 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 -- -- PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 honour honour VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 74 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ _ 75 with with ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 80 graciously graciously ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ _ 81 bestow bestow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 73 conj _ _ 82 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 83 nmod:poss _ _ 83 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 obj _ _ 84 upon upon ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 85 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 86 nmod:poss _ _ 86 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 87 . . PUNCT . _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 88 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 73 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | the moment of the christening | the King | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **entrust** | past · perfect · passive | | the task | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to whom=Recipient | | 3 | **reach** | past · perfect | | the end of the second page | | | | barely *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent end=Theme | | 4 | **trip** | past · progressive | son's tongue | | | | | with fatigue and haste | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **repeat** | past | tongue | the usual formula | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent formula=Eventuality | | 6 | **conjure** | present | I | Fairy | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **pray** | present | I *not said here* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **one** | | Enchanter | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **honour** | to-infinitive | | me | | | | with a visit | tree rules | | 10 | **bestow** | infinitive | | your gifts | | | | upon my son; graciously *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **gift** | | your | | | | | | nom gift «possession 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/6/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)