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title: But Wali Dâd, after thanking him very much for the compliment, said… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: But Wali Dâd, after thanking him very much for the compliment, said that he had never dreamed of so great an honour, and that he was far too old and ugly for so fair a lady; but he begged the king to stay with him until he could send for the Prince of Nekabad, who was a most excellent, brave, and ho
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# The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 2, sentence 33

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But Wali Dâd, after thanking him very much for the compliment, said that he had never dreamed of so great an honour, and that he was far too old and ugly for so fair a lady; but he begged the king to stay with him until he could send for the Prince of Nekabad, who was a most excellent, brave, and honourable young man, and would surely be delighted to try to win the hand of the beautiful princess.

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**Who acts:** Wali, honour, honourable young man, king, Prince · **What happens:** thank, say, not dream, be, beg, stay · **To what, where:** Wali, honourable young man, king, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wali, honour, honourable young man, king), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3282:35:33
# text = But Wali Dâd, after thanking him very much for the compliment, said that he had never dreamed of so great an honour, and that he was far too old and ugly for so fair a lady; but he begged the king to stay with him until he could send for the Prince of Nekabad, who was a most excellent, brave, and honourable young man, and would surely be delighted to try to win the hand of the beautiful princess.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
2	Wali	Wali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
3	Dâd	Dâd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	thanking	thank	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	compliment	compliment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
14	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	dreamed	dream	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	ccomp	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	_
23	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
30	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	32	advmod	_	_
31	too	too	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	ccomp	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	conj	_	_
35	for	for	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	so	so	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	obl	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
46	to	to	PART	TO	_	47	mark	_	_
47	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	xcomp	_	_
48	with	with	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	obl	_	_
50	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
51	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
52	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	advcl	_	_
54	for	for	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	Nekabad	Nekabad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
60	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	64	nsubj	_	_
61	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	64	cop	_	_
62	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
63	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	64	advmod	_	_
64	excellent	excellent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
66	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
69	honourable	honourable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
70	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
73	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
74	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	77	aux	_	_
75	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	77	advmod	_	_
76	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	77	cop	_	_
77	delighted	delighted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
78	to	to	PART	TO	_	79	mark	_	_
79	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	77	advcl	_	_
80	to	to	PART	TO	_	81	mark	_	_
81	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	79	xcomp	_	_
82	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
83	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	obj	_	_
84	of	of	ADP	IN	_	87	case	_	_
85	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	87	det	_	_
86	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	87	amod	_	_
87	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	83	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund | Wali *not said here* |  | Wali |  |  | for the compliment | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for compliment=Attribute |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Wali |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **dream** | past · perfect | Wali |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | past | honour |  |  |  |  | for fair; far, old *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** |  | honour *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | honour | honourable young man | the king |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 7 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | honourable young man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with king | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location |
| 8 | **send** | could | king |  |  |  |  | for the Prince of Nekabad | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **is** | past | the Prince of Nekabad |  |  |  |  | excellent *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **be** |  | the Prince of Nekabad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **is** | would | Wali *not said here* |  |  |  |  | delighted, surely *property* | tree rules |
| 12 | **try** | to-infinitive | Wali *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 13 | **win** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Wali *not said here* | the hand of the beautiful princess |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Eventuality |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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