--- title: The next morning Prince Ali, who traveled only for his pleasure, and… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next morning Prince Ali, who traveled only for his pleasure, and had brought nothing but just necessaries along with him, after he had dressed himself, took a walk into that part of the town which they at Schiraz called the bezestein. Who acts: Ali, next morning, 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 (Ali, next morning, 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:pg503:49:39 # text = The next morning Prince Ali, who traveled only for his pleasure, and had brought nothing but just necessaries along with him, after he had dressed himself, took a walk into that part of the town which they at Schiraz called the bezestein. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:desc _ _ 5 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 traveled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 17 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 16 obj _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 necessaries necessary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 21 along along ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 after after SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 31 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Schiraz Schiraz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 bezestein bezestein NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | past | Ali Prince | Ali's pleasure | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pleasure=Trajectory | | 2 | **bring** | past · perfect | Ali Prince *not said here* | nothing | | | | along Ali | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | | 3 | **dress** | past · perfect | Ali | Ali | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 4 | **take** | past | the next morning | a walk | | that part of the town | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent walk=Theme into part=Destination | | 5 | **call** | past | Princes *= prince* | the town | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme bezestein=Result | | 6 | **please** | | Ali | | | | | | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: poss=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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/40/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/)