---
title: Prince Ahmed, who took the road of Samarcand, the next day after his… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Prince Ahmed, who took the road of Samarcand, the next day after his arrival there went, as his brothers had done, into the bezestein, where he had not walked long but heard a crier, who had an artificial apple in his hand, cry it at five and thirty purses; upon which he stopped the crier, and said 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/59/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / 59

# The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1, sentence 59

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Prince Ahmed, who took the road of Samarcand, the next day after his arrival there went, as his brothers had done, into the bezestein, where he had not walked long but heard a crier, who had an artificial apple in his hand, cry it at five and thirty purses; upon which he stopped the crier, and said to him: “Let me see that apple, and tell me what virtue and extraordinary properties it has, to be valued at so high a rate.”

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** Prince Ahmed, brothers, brother, crier, virtue, Ahmed · **What happens:** take, go, do, not walk, hear, have · **To what, where:** road, bezestein, crier, artificial apple, hand, apple · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
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 (Prince Ahmed, brothers, brother, crier), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

<!-- .note-en -->
**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:pg503:49:59
# text = Prince Ahmed, who took the road of Samarcand, the next day after his arrival there went, as his brothers had done, into the bezestein, where he had not walked long but heard a crier, who had an artificial apple in his hand, cry it at five and thirty purses; upon which he stopped the crier, and said to him: “Let me see that apple, and tell me what virtue and extraordinary properties it has, to be valued at so high a rate.”
1	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Samarcand	Samarcand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
18	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	into	into	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	bezestein	bezestein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	34	advmod	_	_
31	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
32	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
33	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	34	advmod	_	_
34	walked	walk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	28	acl:relcl	_	_
35	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	34	advmod	_	_
36	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	crier	crier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	42	nsubj	_	_
42	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	acl:relcl	_	_
43	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	artificial	artificial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
50	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	conj	_	_
51	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	_
52	at	at	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	56	nummod	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	53	conj	_	_
56	purses	purse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
58	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	61	obl	_	_
60	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
61	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	crier	crier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
66	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
67	to	to	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	71	punct	_	_
70	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	71	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	Let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	ccomp	_	_
72	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	71	obj	_	_
73	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	71	xcomp	_	_
74	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	75	mark	_	_
75	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
77	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
78	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	71	conj	_	_
79	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	78	iobj	_	_
80	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	81	det	_	_
81	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obj	_	_
82	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	84	cc	_	_
83	extraordinary	extraordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	84	amod	_	_
84	properties	property	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	81	conj	_	_
85	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	86	nsubj	_	_
86	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	84	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	90	punct	_	_
88	to	to	PART	TO	_	90	mark	_	_
89	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	90	aux:pass	_	_
90	valued	value	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	78	parataxis	_	_
91	at	at	ADP	IN	_	93	case	_	_
92	so	so	ADV	RB	_	93	advmod	_	_
93	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	90	conj	_	_
94	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	95	det	_	_
95	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	93	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
96	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	71	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
97	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	71	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | Prince Ahmed | the road of Samarcand |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | Prince Ahmed *not said here* |  |  | there | day |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | past · perfect | Ahmed's brothers |  |  | the bezestein |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **walk** | past · perfect | brother |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **hear** | past | Ahmed's brothers *not said here* | a crier |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer crier=Stimulus |
| 6 | **have** | past | a crier | a artificial apple |  | Ahmed's hand |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Patient |
| 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | Ahmed's brothers *not said here* | apple |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **stop** | past | brother | the crier |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector crier=Eventuality |
| 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Prince Ahmed *not said here* |  | Ahmed |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 10 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | Prince Ahmed *= ahmed* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | Prince Ahmed *= ahmed* *not said here* | apple |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer apple=Stimulus |
| 12 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive |  | what virtue and extraordinary properties | Prince Ahmed *= ahmed* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient virtue=Topic |
| 13 | **have** *in a quote* | present | virtue | extraordinary properties *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Patient |
| 14 | **value** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» |
| 15 | **arrive** |  | Ahmed |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/58/)
- next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/60/)
- ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/)