--- title: “First, sir,” pursued the crier, presenting the ivory pipe to the Pr… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “First, sir,” pursued the crier, presenting the ivory pipe to the Prince, “observe that this pipe is furnished with a glass at both ends; and consider that by looking through one of them you see whatever object you wish to behold.” Who acts: sir, one, you. 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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 (sir, one, 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:pg503:49:51 # text = “First, sir,” pursued the crier, presenting the ivory pipe to the Prince, “observe that this pipe is furnished with a glass at both ends; and consider that by looking through one of them you see whatever object you wish to behold.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 presenting present VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 ivory ivory NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 furnished furnish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 35 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 obj _ _ 36 by by SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 38 through through SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 44 whatever whatever DET WDT PronType=Int 45 det _ _ 45 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 behold behold INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pursue** | past | sir | the crier | | | | first *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crier=Theme | | 2 | **present** | gerund | sir *not said here* | the ivory pipe | the Prince | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme to prince=Recipient | | 3 | **observe** *in a quote* | infinitive | sir *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **furnish** *in a quote* | present · passive | | this pipe | | | at both ends | with a glass | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with glass=Theme | | 5 | **consider** *in a quote* | infinitive | sir *not said here* | that | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Attribute | | 6 | **look** *in a quote* | gerund | sir *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | present | one of Princes | whatever object | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer object=Stimulus | | 8 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | you | whatever object *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot object=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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/52/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/)