--- title: Prince Ali was overjoyed at his bargain, and persuaded himself that,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Ali was overjoyed at his bargain, and persuaded himself that, as his brothers would not be able to meet with anything so rare and admirable, the Princess Nouronnihar would be the recompense of his fatigue and trouble; that he thought of nothing but visiting the Court of Persia incognito, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/57/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fair…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/) / 57 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1, sentence 57 Prince Ali was overjoyed at his bargain, and persuaded himself that, as his brothers would not be able to meet with anything so rare and admirable, the Princess Nouronnihar would be the recompense of his fatigue and trouble; that he thought of nothing but visiting the Court of Persia incognito, and seeing whatever was curious in Schiraz and thereabouts, till the caravan with which he came returned back to the Indies. **Who acts:** brothers, Princess Nouronnihar, sir, whatever · **What happens:** overjoy, persuade, not be, meet, be, think · **To what, where:** Ali, bargain, sir, recompense, Court, Schiraz · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brothers, Princess Nouronnihar, sir, whatever), 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:pg503:49:57 # text = Prince Ali was overjoyed at his bargain, and persuaded himself that, as his brothers would not be able to meet with anything so rare and admirable, the Princess Nouronnihar would be the recompense of his fatigue and trouble; that he thought of nothing but visiting the Court of Persia incognito, and seeing whatever was curious in Schiraz and thereabouts, till the caravan with which he came returned back to the Indies. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 overjoyed overjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 persuaded persuade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 that that ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 20 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 22 obl _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 admirable admirable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 recompense recompense NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 fatigue fatigue NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 45 obl _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 visiting visit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 incognito incognito NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 58 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 60 nsubj _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 60 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 ccomp _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 Schiraz Schiraz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 thereabouts thereabout NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 till till ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 caravan caravan NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 69 with with ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 73 obl _ _ 71 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 72 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 aux:pass _ _ 73 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 acl:relcl _ _ 74 back back ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 Indies indy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overjoy** | past · passive | | Ali Prince | | sir's bargain | | | tree rules | | 2 | **persuade** | past | | sir | | | | that *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 3 | **not** **is** | would | sir's brothers | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **meet** | to-infinitive | sir's brothers *not said here* | | | | | with anything | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with anything=Co-Agent | | 5 | **is a** | would | the Princess Nouronnihar | the recompense | | | | of sir's fatigue and trouble | tree rules | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | sir | | | | | of nothing | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **visit** | gerund | sir *not said here* | the Court of Persia incognito | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Co-Agent | | 8 | **see** | gerund | sir *not said here* | | | | till the caravan | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** | past | whatever | | | Schiraz and thereabouts | | curious *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **return back** | past · passive | | sir | | | | with the caravan | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 11 | **bargain** | | sir | | | | | | nom bargain «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **fatigue** | | sir | | | | | | nom fatigue «state 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/58/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/)