--- title: Then the Enchanter found him in an instant, and seeing his pitiable… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Enchanter found him in an instant, and seeing his pitiable condition, ran hither and thither without a word, until he had collected a handful of magic herbs, with which, and a few incantations, he speedily made the King whole and sound again. Who acts: Enchanter, seeing, few incantations. 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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 (Enchanter, seeing, few incantations), 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:pg7277:4:31 # text = Then the Enchanter found him in an instant, and seeing his pitiable condition, ran hither and thither without a word, until he had collected a handful of magic herbs, with which, and a few incantations, he speedily made the King whole and sound again. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 csubj _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 pitiable pitiable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 16 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 hither hither ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 thither thither ADV RB _ 17 conj _ _ 20 without without ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 until until SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 parataxis _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 incantations incantation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 speedily speedily ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 sound sound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 50 again again ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | the Enchanter | King | | a instant | then | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 2 | **see** | gerund | | Enchanter's pitiable condition | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer condition=Stimulus | | 3 | **run** | past | seeing | | | | | without a word; hither *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **collect** | past · perfect | Enchanter | a handful of magic herbs | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | a few incantations | the King | | | | speedily, whole *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset king=Product | | 6 | **sound** | present | a few incantations *not said here* | | | | again | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **condition** | | Enchanter | | | | | | nom condition «state 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/32/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)