--- title: Now the Simurgh had given the prince a diamond weighing thirty misqa… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the Simurgh had given the prince a diamond weighing thirty misqals, and he ordered this to the king, who at once recognised its value, and asked where it had been obtained. Who acts: diamond, he, king, Simurgh. 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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 (diamond, he, king, Simurgh), 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:pg3282:5:1 # text = Now the Simurgh had given the prince a diamond weighing thirty misqals, and he ordered this to the king, who at once recognised its value, and asked where it had been obtained. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Simurgh Simurgh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 weighing weigh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 misqals misqal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 25 obl _ _ 25 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 35 advmod _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the Simurgh | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **weigh** | gerund | a diamond *not said here* | thirty misqals | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme misqal=Value | | 3 | **order** | past | he | this | | | | to the king | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | | 4 | **recognise** | past | the king | Simurgh's value | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer value=Stimulus | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **obtain** | past · perfect · passive | | Simurgh | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **value** | | Simurgh | | | | | | nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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: [The Brown Fairy Book, part 4, 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/124/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/2/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/)