--- title: Prince Ahmed no sooner perceived himself in Nouronnihar’s chamber th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Ahmed no sooner perceived himself in Nouronnihar’s chamber than he rose off the tapestry, as did also the other two Princes, and went to the bedside, and put the apple under her nose; some moments after the Princess opened her eyes, and turned her head from one side to another, looking at the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/11/) [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/pg503/50/) / 11 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2, sentence 11 Prince Ahmed no sooner perceived himself in Nouronnihar’s chamber than he rose off the tapestry, as did also the other two Princes, and went to the bedside, and put the apple under her nose; some moments after the Princess opened her eyes, and turned her head from one side to another, looking at the persons who stood about her; and then rose up in the bed, and asked to be dressed, just as if she had waked out of a sound sleep. **Who acts:** Prince Ahmed, Ahmed, moments, persons · **What happens:** perceive, rise, do, go, put, open · **To what, where:** Ahmed, chamber, tapestry, other two Princes, bedside, apple · **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 2. 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, Ahmed, moments, persons), 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:pg503:50:11 # text = Prince Ahmed no sooner perceived himself in Nouronnihar’s chamber than he rose off the tapestry, as did also the other two Princes, and went to the bedside, and put the apple under her nose; some moments after the Princess opened her eyes, and turned her head from one side to another, looking at the persons who stood about her; and then rose up in the bed, and asked to be dressed, just as if she had waked out of a sound sleep. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 than than SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 14 off off ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 tapestry tapestry NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 20 also also ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 Princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bedside bedside NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 under under ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 42 after after ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 from from ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 nummod _ _ 55 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 60 at at ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 63 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 64 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ _ 65 about about ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ; ; PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 69 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 70 advmod _ _ 70 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 71 up up ADP RP _ 70 compound:prt _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 77 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 78 to to PART TO _ 80 mark _ _ 79 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 80 aux:pass _ _ 80 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 77 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 82 just just ADV RB _ 87 advmod _ _ 83 as as SCONJ IN _ 87 mark _ _ 84 if if SCONJ IN _ 87 mark _ _ 85 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 87 nsubj:pass _ _ 86 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 87 aux _ _ 87 waked wake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 80 conj _ _ 88 out out ADP IN _ 92 case _ _ 89 of of ADP IN _ 92 case _ _ 90 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 92 det _ _ 91 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 compound _ _ 92 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 93 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perceive** | past | Prince Ahmed | Ahmed | | Nouronnihar's chamber | | soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus | | 2 | **rise** | past | Ahmed | | | the tapestry | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme off tapestry=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **do** | past | Ahmed *not said here* | the other two Princes | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | past | | | | the bedside | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bedside=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | | the apple | | Nouronnihar's nose | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent apple=Theme under nose=Destination | | 6 | **open** | past | some moments after the Princess | Princess's eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 7 | **turn** | past | Prince Ahmed *not said here* | Princess's head | | one side | | to another | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme from side=Source to another=Trajectory | | 8 | **look** | gerund | Prince Ahmed *not said here* | | | | | at the persons | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at person=Theme | | 9 | **stand** | past | the persons | | | | | about Princess | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about she=Location | | 10 | **rise up** | past | Prince Ahmed *not said here* | | | the bed | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | | 11 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Prince Ahmed *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **dress** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | | 13 | **wake** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | Princess | | a sound sleep | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/12/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)