--- title: The Vizier, who wanted her for his own son, begged the Sultan to wit… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Vizier, who wanted her for his own son, begged the Sultan to withhold her for three months, in the course of which he hoped his son would contrive to make him a richer present. Who acts: Vizier, Sultan, son. 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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 (Vizier, Sultan, son), 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:pg503:12:84 # text = The Vizier, who wanted her for his own son, begged the Sultan to withhold her for three months, in the course of which he hoped his son would contrive to make him a richer present. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Vizier Vizier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 withhold withhold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 contrive contrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 richer rich ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 amod _ _ 38 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | the Vizier | Princess | | | | for Sultan's own son | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the Vizier | | the Sultan | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent sultan=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **withhold** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Vizier *not said here* | Princess | | the course | month | | tree rules | | 4 | **hope** | past | Sultan | | | | | of the course | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **contrive** | would | Sultan's son | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | Sultan's son *not said here* | a richer present | Sultan | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary present=Product | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/85/) - ↑ back to [Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/)