--- title: As soon as he had opportunity he presented himself at the palace, an… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as he had opportunity he presented himself at the palace, and sent in the bracelet, neatly packed in a little perfumed box provided by himself, giving at the same time the message entrusted to him by Wali Dâd. Who acts: Wali. 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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 (Wali), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Checked tree.** This sentence is in the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3 (`gutenberg:pg3282:3047`): parsed by Mova, then checked and patched by a teacher model under UD validation gates — Mova annot: Rust (en) → Claude Opus (medium) patches; gates UD 2.18. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3282:34:17 # text = As soon as he had opportunity he presented himself at the palace, and sent in the bracelet, neatly packed in a little perfumed box provided by himself, giving at the same time the message entrusted to him by Wali Dâd. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 bracelet bracelet NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 neatly neatly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 packed pack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 perfumed perfume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obl:agent _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 38 entrusted entrust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Wali Wali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl:agent _ _ 43 Dâd Dâd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 flat _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Wali | opportunity | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient | | 2 | **present** | past | Wali | Wali | | the palace | | soon *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 3 | **send in** | past | Wali *not said here* | the bracelet | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bracelet=Theme | | 4 | **pack** | participle | | the bracelet *not said here* | | a little perfumed box | | neatly *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in box=Destination | | 5 | **perfume** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **provide** | participle | | a little perfumed box *not said here* | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | | 7 | **give** | gerund | Wali *not said here* | the message | | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | | 8 | **entrust** | participle | | the message *not said here* | Wali | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3, Apache-2.0 OR MIT. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/34/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/34/18/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/34/)