--- title: One day, the sultan’s brother happened to be passing through Alexand… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, the sultan’s brother happened to be passing through Alexandria, and wanted to have one of his state robes altered, so he sent for the master tailor, who handed the robe over to Labakan as his best workman. Who acts: One day, Labakan, master tailor. 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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 (One day, Labakan, master tailor), 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:pg2435:34:30 # text = One day, the sultan’s brother happened to be passing through Alexandria, and wanted to have one of his state robes altered, so he sent for the master tailor, who handed the robe over to Labakan as his best workman. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux _ _ 11 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Alexandria Alexandria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 24 altered alter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 handed hand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 over over ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Labakan Labakan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 44 amod _ _ 44 workman workman NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | One day | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive · progressive | One day *not said here* | | | Alexandria | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through alexandria=Location | | 3 | **want** | past | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | one of Labakan's state robes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 5 | **alter** | participle | | Labakan's state robes *not said here* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **send** | past | Labakan | | | | | for the master tailor | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hand over** | past | the master tailor | the robe | Labakan | | | as Labakan's best workman; over *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent robe=Theme to labakan=Destination | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/31/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/)