--- title: In this manner Prince Houssain became the possessor of the tapestry,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In this manner Prince Houssain became the possessor of the tapestry, and was overjoyed that at his arrival at Bisnagar he had found so rare a piece, which he never disputed would gain him the hand of Nouronnihar. Who acts: Prince, crier, piece. 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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 (Prince, crier, piece), 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:pg503:49:33 # text = In this manner Prince Houssain became the possessor of the tapestry, and was overjoyed that at his arrival at Bisnagar he had found so rare a piece, which he never disputed would gain him the hand of Nouronnihar. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 Houssain Houssain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 possessor possessor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tapestry tapestry NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 overjoyed overjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Bisnagar Bisnagar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 disputed dispute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | Prince | the possessor of the tapestry | | | | in this manner *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in manner=Result | | 2 | **overjoy** | past · passive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | past · perfect | crier | | | crier's arrival at Bisnagar | | rare *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **not** **dispute** | past | crier | a piece | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **gain** | would | a piece | the hand of Nouronnihar | crier | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary hand=Theme | | 6 | **arrive** | | crier | | | Bisnagar | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent at=place | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/34/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/)