--- title: The Sultan paid them the money he promised them; and that very day t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Sultan paid them the money he promised them; and that very day they gave orders for the preparations for their travels, and took their leave of the Sultan, that they might be the more ready to go the next morning. Who acts: Sultan, Princes. 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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 (Sultan, Princes), 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:pg503:49:10 # text = The Sultan paid them the money he promised them; and that very day they gave orders for the preparations for their travels, and took their leave of the Sultan, that they might be the more ready to go the next morning. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 35 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 39 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | the Sultan | Princes *= prince* | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient money=Asset | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | sultan | the money *not said here* | Princes *= prince* | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past | Princes *= prince* | orders | | | day | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent order=Recipient preparation=Theme | | 4 | **travel** | present | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | Princes's leave of the Sultan | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 6 | **is** | might | Princes *= prince* | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | morning | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/11/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/)