--- title: At first Mustapha refused, saying that he had been blindfolded; but… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At first Mustapha refused, saying that he had been blindfolded; but when the robber gave him another piece of gold he began to think he might remember the turnings if blindfolded as before. Who acts: Mustapha, robber. 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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 (Mustapha, robber), 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:pg503:34:77 # text = At first Mustapha refused, saying that he had been blindfolded; but when the robber gave him another piece of gold he began to think he might remember the turnings if blindfolded as before. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 obl _ _ 3 Mustapha Mustapha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 blindfolded blindfold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 20 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 turnings turning NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 blindfolded blindfold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 before before ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | Mustapha | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Mustapha *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **blindfold** | past · perfect · passive | | Mustapha | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 4 | **give** | past | the robber | another piece of gold | Mustapha | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient piece=Theme | | 5 | **begin** | past | Mustapha | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Mustapha *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **remember** | might | Mustapha | the turnings | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent turning=Theme clause=Attribute | | 8 | **blindfold** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | | | | | | before *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=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 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/78/) - ↑ back to [The Forty Thieves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/)