--- title: Her women having presently informed her, in a manner that showed the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Her women having presently informed her, in a manner that showed their joy, that she was obliged to the three Princes for the sudden recovery of her health, and particularly to Prince Ahmed, she immediately expressed her joy to see them, and thanked them all together, and afterward Prince Ahmed in p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/12/) [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/) / 12 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2, sentence 12 Her women having presently informed her, in a manner that showed their joy, that she was obliged to the three Princes for the sudden recovery of her health, and particularly to Prince Ahmed, she immediately expressed her joy to see them, and thanked them all together, and afterward Prince Ahmed in particular. **Who acts:** women, manner, Princess, health · **What happens:** have, inform, show, oblige, express, see · **To what, where:** Princess, manner, joy, women 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 (women, manner, Princess, health), 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:pg503:50:12 # text = Her women having presently informed her, in a manner that showed their joy, that she was obliged to the three Princes for the sudden recovery of her health, and particularly to Prince Ahmed, she immediately expressed her joy to see them, and thanked them all together, and afterward Prince Ahmed in particular. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 presently presently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 Princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 recovery recovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 particularly particularly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 expressed express VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 all all ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 together together ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 54 afterward afterward ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | Princess's women *not said here* | | | | | presently *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | Princess's women | | Princess | a manner | | to Prince Ahmed | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 3 | **show** | past | a manner | women's joy | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joy=Recipient | | 4 | **oblige** | past · passive | | Princess | | | | to the three Princes; for the sudden recovery of Princess's health | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **express** | past | Princess | Princess's joy | | | | immediately *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Theme | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | women *= woman* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 7 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Princess's women *not said here* | | women *= woman* | | | together *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 8 | **joy** | | women *= woman* | | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **recover** | | Princess's health | | | | | | nom recovery «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **joy** | | Princess | | | | | | nom joy «feeling 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/13/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)