--- title: Therefore, as neither tapestry, ivory perspective glass, nor artific… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore, as neither tapestry, ivory perspective glass, nor artificial apple have the least preference one before the other, but, on the contrary, there’s a perfect equality, I cannot grant the Princess to any one of you; and the only fruit you have reaped from your travels is the glory of having e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/23/) [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/) / 23 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2, sentence 23 Therefore, as neither tapestry, ivory perspective glass, nor artificial apple have the least preference one before the other, but, on the contrary, there’s a perfect equality, I cannot grant the Princess to any one of you; and the only fruit you have reaped from your travels is the glory of having equally contributed to restore her health. **Who acts:** I, you, only fruit, glory · **What happens:** have, not grant, reap, travel, be, contribute · **To what, where:** least preference, Princess, one, only fruit, glory, health 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 (I, you, only fruit, glory), 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:pg503:50:23 # text = Therefore, as neither tapestry, ivory perspective glass, nor artificial apple have the least preference one before the other, but, on the contrary, there’s a perfect equality, I cannot grant the Princess to any one of you; and the only fruit you have reaped from your travels is the glory of having equally contributed to restore her health. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 tapestry tapestry NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 ivory ivory NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 perspective perspective NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 13 cc _ _ 12 artificial artificial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 14 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 17 preference preference NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 flat _ _ 19 before before ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 equality equality NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 reaped reap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 acl:relcl _ _ 54 from from SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 57 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 60 of of SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 61 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 59 acl _ _ 62 equally equally ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 contributed contribute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 xcomp _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 66 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | | the least preference | | | | as neither tapestry and perspective glass nor artificial apple; therefore *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent preference=Patient | | 2 | **not** **grant** | can | I | the Princess | any one of you | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent princess=Theme to one=Goal | | 3 | **reap** | present · perfect | you | the only fruit *not said here* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme | | 4 | **travel** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | present | the only fruit | the glory | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | gerund | the glory *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **contribute** | participle | the glory *not said here* | | | | | equally *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **restore** | to-infinitive | the glory *not said here* | Princess's health | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent health=Theme | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/24/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)