--- title: A meeting was arranged between Farrukhfal and Almas, and then the am… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A meeting was arranged between Farrukhfal and Almas, and then the amir took him to the king’s presence and introduced him as a stranger and traveller who had come from afar to sit in the shadow of King Sinaubar. Who acts: amir, traveller. 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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 (amir, traveller), 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:pg3282:4:124 # text = A meeting was arranged between Farrukhfal and Almas, and then the amir took him to the king’s presence and introduced him as a stranger and traveller who had come from afar to sit in the shadow of King Sinaubar. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 arranged arrange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 between between ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Farrukhfal Farrukhfal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 Almas Almas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 amir amir NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 introduced introduce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 afar afar NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 Sinaubar Sinaubar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrange** | past · passive | | a meeting | | | | between Farrukhfal and Almas | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme between farrukhfal=Destination | | 2 | **take** | past | the amir | prince | | the king's presence | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to presence=Destination | | 3 | **introduce** | past | the amir *not said here* | prince | | | | as a stranger and traveller | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 4 | **come** | past · perfect | traveller | | | afar | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from afar=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **sit** | to-infinitive | traveller *not said here* | | | the shadow of King Sinaubar | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shadow=Location | | 6 | **shadow** | | | King Sinaubar | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: of=patient | 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:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/123/) - next →: [The Brown Fairy Book, part 5, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/1/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/)