--- title: Meanwhile, the Enchanter was taking care of King Charming, but as hi… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile, the Enchanter was taking care of King Charming, but as his power was not great enough to counteract the Fairy Mazilla’s, he at last resolved to go and see if he could make any kind of terms with her for his friend; for you see, Fairies and Enchanters are cousins in a sort of way, after al --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/49/) [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/) / [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/) / 49 # The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 3, sentence 49 Meanwhile, the Enchanter was taking care of King Charming, but as his power was not great enough to counteract the Fairy Mazilla’s, he at last resolved to go and see if he could make any kind of terms with her for his friend; for you see, Fairies and Enchanters are cousins in a sort of way, after all; and after knowing one another for five or six hundred years and falling out, and making it up again pretty often, they understand one another well enough. **Who acts:** Enchanter, power, you, Fairies, Charming · **What happens:** take, not be, counteract, resolve, go, see · **To what, where:** care, Fairy Mazilla, Enchanter, kind, cousins, sort · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Bird, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Enchanter, power, you, Fairies), 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:pg7277:4:49 # text = Meanwhile, the Enchanter was taking care of King Charming, but as his power was not great enough to counteract the Fairy Mazilla’s, he at last resolved to go and see if he could make any kind of terms with her for his friend; for you see, Fairies and Enchanters are cousins in a sort of way, after all; and after knowing one another for five or six hundred years and falling out, and making it up again pretty often, they understand one another well enough. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:desc _ _ 10 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 19 enough enough ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 counteract counteract VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 csubj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Mazilla Mazilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 at at SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 39 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 49 for for SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 Fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nsubj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 Enchanters enchanter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 56 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 57 cousins cousin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 ccomp _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 after after ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ; ; PUNCT , _ 91 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 91 cc _ _ 68 after after SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 69 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 91 advcl _ _ 70 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 69 obj _ _ 71 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 70 fixed _ _ 72 for for ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 73 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 76 compound _ _ 74 or or CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 73 conj _ _ 76 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 77 nummod _ _ 77 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obl _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 79 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 69 conj _ _ 80 out out ADP RP _ 79 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 91 punct _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 91 cc _ _ 83 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 91 csubj _ _ 84 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 83 obj _ _ 85 up up ADP RP _ 83 compound:prt _ _ 86 again again ADV RB _ 83 advmod _ _ 87 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 88 advmod _ _ 88 often often ADV RB _ 91 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 89 , , PUNCT , _ 91 punct _ _ 90 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 91 nsubj _ _ 91 understand understand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 parataxis _ _ 92 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 91 obj _ _ 93 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 92 fixed _ _ 94 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 95 advmod _ _ 95 enough enough ADV RB _ 91 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 96 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · progressive | the Enchanter | care of Charming King | | | | meanwhile *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent care=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | Enchanter's power | | | | | enough, great *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **counteract** | to-infinitive | | the Fairy Mazilla | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mazilla=Patient | | 4 | **resolve** | participle · passive | | Enchanter | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | Enchanter | any kind of terms | | | | with Queen; for Enchanter's friend | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent kind=Product for friend=Beneficiary | | 8 | **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is a** | present | Fairies and Enchanters | cousins | | a sort of way | | | tree rules | | 10 | **know** | gerund | Fairies *= fairy* *not said here* | one | | | year | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 11 | **fall out** | gerund | Fairies *= fairy* *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **make up** | gerund | | kind | | | again | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot | | 13 | **understand** | present | Fairies *= fairy* | one | | | | enough, often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 14 | **care** | | Charming King | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 15 | **sort** | | | way | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/50/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)