--- title: The Enchanter quite agreed with him, and even went further, declarin… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Enchanter quite agreed with him, and even went further, declaring that all Princesses were alike, except perhaps in the matter of beauty, and advised him to have done with Fiordelisa, and forget all about her. Who acts: Enchanter, Princesses, beauty. 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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, Princesses, beauty), 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:pg7277:4:36 # text = The Enchanter quite agreed with him, and even went further, declaring that all Princesses were alike, except perhaps in the matter of beauty, and advised him to have done with Fiordelisa, and forget all about her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 quite quite ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 even even ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 further further ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 declaring declare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 Princesses Princess PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 alike alike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 except except ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux _ _ 33 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 39 all all ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 about about ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | the Enchanter | | | | | with Charming | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | | 2 | **go** | past | the Enchanter *not said here* | | | | | further *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **declare** *speech: other* | gerund | the Enchanter *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | all Princesses | | | | | except the matter of beauty; alike *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | | Charming | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · perfect | | | | | | with Fiordelisa | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **forget** | infinitive | | | | | | about Princess | tree rules | | 8 | **matter** | | beauty | | | | | | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/37/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)