--- title: The Enchanter hadn’t a word to say, for he thought Turritella really… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Enchanter hadn’t a word to say, for he thought Turritella really frightful, but he could not go away without making one more effort for his friend the King, who was really in great danger as long as he lived in a cage. Who acts: Enchanter, King. 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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, King), 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:pg7277:4:58 # text = The Enchanter hadn’t a word to say, for he thought Turritella really frightful, but he could not go away without making one more effort for his friend the King, who was really in great danger as long as he lived in a cage. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 13 Turritella Turritella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 really really ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 frightful frightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 without without SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 26 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 amod _ _ 27 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 36 really really ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Enchanter | a word | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the Enchanter *not said here* | a word *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Enchanter | Turritella | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot turritella=Theme | | 4 | **not** **go away** | could | Enchanter | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** | gerund | Enchanter *not said here* | one more effort | | | | for Enchanter's friend | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent effort=Product for friend=Beneficiary | | 6 | **is** | past | the King | | | great danger | | long *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **live** | past | King | | | a cage | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cage=Location | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/59/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)