--- title: The crier presently showed him, and he looked through, wishing at th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The crier presently showed him, and he looked through, wishing at the same time to see the Sultan his father, whom he immediately beheld in perfect health, set on his throne, in the midst of his council. Who acts: crier, sir. 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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 (crier, sir), 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:pg503:49:53 # text = The crier presently showed him, and he looked through, wishing at the same time to see the Sultan his father, whom he immediately beheld in perfect health, set on his throne, in the midst of his council. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 presently presently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 through through ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | past | the crier | | sir | | | presently *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **look through** | past | sir | | | | | through *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **wish** | gerund | sir *not said here* | | | | time | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | sir *not said here* | the Sultan | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **behold** | participle | sir | sir's father | | perfect health | | immediately *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 6 | **set** | participle | | perfect health *not said here* | | sir's throne | | in the midst of sir's council | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on throne=Destination | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/54/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/)