--- title: But it happened that his friend the Enchanter had been very much ala… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But it happened that his friend the Enchanter had been very much alarmed at seeing the Frog chariot come back to him without King Charming, and had been round the world eight times seeking him, but without success. Who acts: it, eight times. 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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 (it, eight times), 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:pg7277:4:22 # text = But it happened that his friend the Enchanter had been very much alarmed at seeing the Frog chariot come back to him without King Charming, and had been round the world eight times seeking him, but without success. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 much much ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 14 at at SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Frog Frog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 back back ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 23 without without ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:desc _ _ 25 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 29 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 cop _ _ 30 round round ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 33 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 appos _ _ 35 seeking seek VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 without without ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | without success | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **alarm** | past · perfect · passive | | Fiordelisa's friend | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **see** | gerund | | the Frog chariot | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chariot=Stimulus | | 4 | **come back** | present | | | Fiordelisa | | | without Charming King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is** | past · perfect | | | | | | round the world | tree rules | | 6 | **seek** | gerund | eight times *not said here* | Fiordelisa | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/23/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)