--- title: “If I may believe you,” replied Prince Ahmed, “the virtues of this a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “If I may believe you,” replied Prince Ahmed, “the virtues of this apple are wonderful, and it is invaluable; but what ground have I, for all you tell me, to be persuaded of the truth of this matter?” Who acts: Prince Ahmed, virtues, apple, ground. 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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 (Prince Ahmed, virtues, apple, ground), 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:pg503:50:1 # text = “If I may believe you,” replied Prince Ahmed, “the virtues of this apple are wonderful, and it is invaluable; but what ground have I, for all you tell me, to be persuaded of the truth of this matter?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 virtues virtue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 invaluable invaluable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 parataxis _ _ 29 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 appos _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 ccomp _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | may | Prince Ahmed *= ahmed* | you | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 2 | **reply** *speech: ask* | past | Prince Ahmed | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the virtues of this apple | | | | | wonderful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | apple | | | | | invaluable *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | ground | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | | Prince Ahmed *= ahmed* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **persuade** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | of the truth of this matter | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP» | 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: [The Story of Prince Ahmed an…, 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/61/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/2/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)