--- title: They reported to the Prince that Suliman, for that was the tutor’s n… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They reported to the Prince that Suliman, for that was the tutor’s name, had boasted of having helped Celia to escape, and they bribed three men to say that Suliman himself had told them about it. Who acts: anger, that, Celia, Suliman. 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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 (anger, that, Celia, Suliman), 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:pg503:39:82 # text = They reported to the Prince that Suliman, for that was the tutor’s name, had boasted of having helped Celia to escape, and they bribed three men to say that Suliman himself had told them about it. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reported report VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 7 Suliman Suliman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 tutor tutor NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 boasted boast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 19 of of SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 aux _ _ 21 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 22 Celia Celia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 bribed bribe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 Suliman Suliman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 34 nmod:unmarked _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 about about ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **report** | past | anger | | | | | to the Prince | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent to prince=be' clause=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | past | that | | | | | for the tutor's name | tree rules | | 3 | **boast** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | Suliman | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **help** | gerund · perfect | | Celia | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent celia=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 5 | **escape** | to-infinitive | Celia *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bribe** | past | anger | three men | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | anger *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | Suliman brother | | anger | | | about tutor | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient about it=Topic | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/83/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)