--- title: So it came to pass that before he knew where he was he was entreatin… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So it came to pass that before he knew where he was he was entreating his lovely cousin to marry him, and the moment the words had left his lips, Paridamie appeared, smiling and triumphant, in the chariot of the Queen of the Fairies, for by that time they had all heard of her success, and declared h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/158/) [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 Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/) / 158 # The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Watch, sentence 158 So it came to pass that before he knew where he was he was entreating his lovely cousin to marry him, and the moment the words had left his lips, Paridamie appeared, smiling and triumphant, in the chariot of the Queen of the Fairies, for by that time they had all heard of her success, and declared her to have earned the kingdom. **Who acts:** news, Prince, Paridamie, time · **What happens:** come, pass, know, entreat, marry, leave · **To what, where:** that, lovely cousin, Prince, moment, chariot, lips · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Watch. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (news, Prince, Paridamie, time), 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:pg7277:8:158 # text = So it came to pass that before he knew where he was he was entreating his lovely cousin to marry him, and the moment the words had left his lips, Paridamie appeared, smiling and triumphant, in the chariot of the Queen of the Fairies, for by that time they had all heard of her success, and declared her to have earned the kingdom. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 entreating entreat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 Paridamie Paridamie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 triumphant triumphant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Fairies Fairy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 all all ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl:relcl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 64 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 66 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 67 aux _ _ 67 earned earn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 63 advcl _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | news | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | news *not said here* | that | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Trajectory | | 3 | **know** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **entreat** | past · progressive | Prince | Prince's lovely cousin | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Recipient | | 5 | **marry** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | the moment | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme lip=Attribute | | 7 | **appear** | past | Paridamie | | | the chariot of the Queen of the Fairies | time | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chariot=Location | | 8 | **smile** | gerund | Paridamie *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **hear** | past · perfect · passive | that time *not said here* | lips *= lip* | | | | of Paridamie's success; all *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 10 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | news *not said here* | Paridamie | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Attribute | | 11 | **earn** | to-infinitive · perfect | news *not said here* | the kingdom | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=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 157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/157/) - next →: [sentence 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/159/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)