--- title: Presently Suliman made a sign with his hand that the people should b… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Presently Suliman made a sign with his hand that the people should be silent, and said: “I have accepted the crown you have offered me, but only that I may keep it for Prince Darling, who is not dead as you suppose; the Fairy has assured me that there is still hope that you may some day see him agai --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/107/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/) / 107 # The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 107 Presently Suliman made a sign with his hand that the people should be silent, and said: “I have accepted the crown you have offered me, but only that I may keep it for Prince Darling, who is not dead as you suppose; the Fairy has assured me that there is still hope that you may some day see him again, good and virtuous as he was when he first came to the throne. **Who acts:** Suliman, that, Prince Darling, you, Darling · **What happens:** make, be, say, accept, offer, keep · **To what, where:** sign, crown, you, Suliman, Fairy, Darling · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Suliman, that, Prince Darling, you), 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:pg503:39:107 # text = Presently Suliman made a sign with his hand that the people should be silent, and said: “I have accepted the crown you have offered me, but only that I may keep it for Prince Darling, who is not dead as you suppose; the Fairy has assured me that there is still hope that you may some day see him again, good and virtuous as he was when he first came to the throne. 1 Presently presently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Suliman Suliman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 12 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 accepted accept VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Darling Darling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 suppose suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 assured assure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 56 expl _ _ 56 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 advcl _ _ 57 still still ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 61 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 62 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 63 det _ _ 63 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl:unmarked _ _ 64 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 advcl _ _ 65 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 again again ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 68 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 conj _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 virtuous virtuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 conj _ _ 71 as as SCONJ IN _ 77 mark _ _ 72 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 73 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 cop _ _ 74 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 77 advmod _ _ 75 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 76 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 77 advmod _ _ 77 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 ccomp _ _ 78 to to ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Suliman | a sign | | | | with Suliman's hand; presently *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Product | | 2 | **is** | should | that | | | | | silent *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Suliman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **accept** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Suliman | the crown | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | | 5 | **offer** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | you | Suliman | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal i=Theme | | 6 | **keep** *in a quote* | may | Suliman | crown | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme darling=Attribute | | 7 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Prince Darling | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **suppose** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **assure** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the Fairy | Suliman | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary i=Theme | | 10 | **be** *in a quote* | present | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **hope** *in a quote* | present | | | | | still | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 12 | **see** *in a quote* | may | you | Darling | | | again; day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 13 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Darling | | | | | to the throne; come, first *property* | tree rules | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/108/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)