--- title: The Sultan received and embraced them with the greatest joy, both fo… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Sultan received and embraced them with the greatest joy, both for their return and the recovery of the Princess his niece, whom he loved as well as if she had been his own daughter, and who had been given over by the physicians. Who acts: Sultan, Princess, physicians, women. 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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 (Sultan, Princess, physicians, women), 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:pg503:50:15 # text = The Sultan received and embraced them with the greatest joy, both for their return and the recovery of the Princess his niece, whom he loved as well as if she had been his own daughter, and who had been given over by the physicians. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 both both CCONJ CC _ 15 cc:preconj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 recovery recovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 niece niece NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 27 advmod _ _ 29 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 fixed _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 cop _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 44 over over ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 physicians physician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past | the Sultan | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **embrace** | past | the Sultan *not said here* | women *= woman* | | | | with the greatest joy both women's return and the recovery of the Princess and Sultan's niece | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 3 | **love** | past | Sultan | Sultan's niece | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | past · perfect | Princess | Sultan's own daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **give over** | past · perfect · passive | the physicians | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 6 | **return** | | women *= woman* | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **recover** | | the Princess | | | | | | nom recovery «event intransitive»: of=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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/16/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)