--- title: After the usual ceremonies and compliments the Princes presented eac… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After the usual ceremonies and compliments the Princes presented each his rarity: Prince Houssain his tapestry, which he had taken care not to leave behind him in the Princess’s chamber; Prince Ali his ivory perspective glass, and Prince Ahmed his artificial apple; and after each had commended their --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/16/) [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/) / 16 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2, sentence 16 After the usual ceremonies and compliments the Princes presented each his rarity: Prince Houssain his tapestry, which he had taken care not to leave behind him in the Princess’s chamber; Prince Ali his ivory perspective glass, and Prince Ahmed his artificial apple; and after each had commended their present, when they put it into the Sultan’s hands, they begged of him to pronounce their fate, and declare to which of them he would give the Princess Nouronnihar for a wife, according to his promise. **Who acts:** women, Princes, Prince Ahmed, Ali, Prince · **What happens:** compliment, present, take, not leave, apple, commend · **To what, where:** rarity, Houssain tapestry, chamber, each, present, hands · **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 (women, Princes, Prince Ahmed, Ali), 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:pg503:50:16 # text = After the usual ceremonies and compliments the Princes presented each his rarity: Prince Houssain his tapestry, which he had taken care not to leave behind him in the Princess’s chamber; Prince Ali his ivory perspective glass, and Prince Ahmed his artificial apple; and after each had commended their present, when they put it into the Sultan’s hands, they begged of him to pronounce their fate, and declare to which of them he would give the Princess Nouronnihar for a wife, according to his promise. 1 After after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 ceremonies ceremony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 compliments compliment VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 rarity rarity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 14 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:desc _ _ 15 Houssain Houssain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 tapestry tapestry NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ _ 23 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 27 behind behind ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:desc _ _ 36 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 38 ivory ivory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 perspective perspective NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 artificial artificial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 after after SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 commended commend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 54 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 59 advmod _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 into into ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ’s 's PART POS _ 63 case _ _ 65 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 67 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obl _ _ 71 to to PART TO _ 72 mark _ _ 72 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 advcl _ _ 73 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 77 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 conj _ _ 78 to to ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 84 obj _ _ 80 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 81 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 obl _ _ 82 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 83 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 84 aux _ _ 84 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 77 ccomp _ _ 85 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 86 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 87 compound _ _ 87 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 84 obj _ _ 88 for for ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 89 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 91 , , PUNCT , _ 95 punct _ _ 92 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 95 case _ _ 93 to to ADP IN _ 92 fixed _ _ 94 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 95 nmod:poss _ _ 95 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 96 . . PUNCT . _ 68 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compliment** | present | women *= woman* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **present** | past | the Princes | Prince's rarity | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rarity=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | Prince's Houssain tapestry | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme care=Destination | | 4 | **not** **leave** | to-infinitive | | | | | | in the Princess's chamber *result*; behind Prince | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in chamber=Result | | 5 | **apple** | | Prince Ahmed | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **commend** | past · perfect · passive | Ali Prince and Prince's artificial apple *not said here* | each | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **put** | past | women *= woman* | present | | the Sultan's hands | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 8 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | women *= woman* | | | | after the usual ceremonies Ali Prince and Prince's artificial apple | of Prince | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **pronounce** | to-infinitive | women *= woman* *not said here* | women's fate | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Theme | | 10 | **declare** *speech: other* | infinitive | women *= woman* *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **give** | would | Prince | the Princess Nouronnihar | | | | for a wife and Prince's promise | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent which=Recipient nouronnihar=Theme for wife=Asset | | 12 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **fate** | | women *= woman* | | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent | | 14 | **promise** | | Prince | | | | | | nom promise «communication 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/17/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)