--- title: “If all this be true,” added the Sultan, “you see that I must have r… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “If all this be true,” added the Sultan, “you see that I must have recourse to other means to determine certainly in the choice I ought to make among you; and that, as there is time enough between this and night, I’ll do it to-day. Who acts: this, Sultan, you, time. 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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 (this, Sultan, you, time), 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:pg503:50:24 # text = “If all this be true,” added the Sultan, “you see that I must have recourse to other means to determine certainly in the choice I ought to make among you; and that, as there is time enough between this and night, I’ll do it to-day. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 20 recourse recourse NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obl _ _ 23 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 determine determine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 among among ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ _ 42 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ _ 43 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 44 enough enough ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 between between ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 nmod _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | this | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | the Sultan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | must | the Sultan *= sultan* | recourse | | | | to other | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recourse=Patient | | 5 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **determine** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | the choice | | certainly *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | ought | the Sultan *= sultan* | | | | | among you | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **does** *in a quote* | present | time between this and night | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | future | the Sultan *= sultan* | that | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/25/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)