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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, toilet), 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:pg503:49:54 # text = Afterward, as there was nothing in the world so dear to him, after the Sultan, as the Princess Nouronnihar, he wished to see her; and saw her at her toilet laughing, and in a pleasant humor, with her women about her. 1 Afterward afterward ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 6 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 toilet toilet NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 humor humor NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 47 about about ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | sir | | | afterward, dear *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wish** | past | sir | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | sir *not said here* | Nouronnihar | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** | past | | Nouronnihar | | Nouronnihar's toilet | | in a pleasant humor and Nouronnihar's women about Nouronnihar | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 5 | **laugh** | gerund | Nouronnihar's toilet *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/55/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/)