--- title: The Sultan did not make them wait long for him, and as soon as he ar… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Sultan did not make them wait long for him, and as soon as he arrived Prince Houssain, as the eldest, took his bow and arrow and shot first; Prince Ali shot next, and much beyond him; and Prince Ahmed last of all, but it so happened that nobody could see where his arrow fell; and, notwithstandin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/29/) [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/) / 29 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2, sentence 29 The Sultan did not make them wait long for him, and as soon as he arrived Prince Houssain, as the eldest, took his bow and arrow and shot first; Prince Ali shot next, and much beyond him; and Prince Ahmed last of all, but it so happened that nobody could see where his arrow fell; and, notwithstanding all the diligence that was used by himself and everybody else, it was not to be found far or near. **Who acts:** Sultan, horses, Ali, it, nobody, arrow · **What happens:** not make, not wait, arrive, take, shoot, happen · **To what, where:** horses, Houssain, bow, much, diligence 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 (Sultan, horses, Ali, it), 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:pg503:50:29 # text = The Sultan did not make them wait long for him, and as soon as he arrived Prince Houssain, as the eldest, took his bow and arrow and shot first; Prince Ali shot next, and much beyond him; and Prince Ahmed last of all, but it so happened that nobody could see where his arrow fell; and, notwithstanding all the diligence that was used by himself and everybody else, it was not to be found far or near. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 18 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:desc _ _ 19 Houssain Houssain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 32 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:desc _ _ 35 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 37 next next ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 obj _ _ 41 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 47 last last ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 58 nsubj _ _ 57 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 advcl _ _ 59 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 62 advmod _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 62 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ; ; PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 notwithstanding notwithstand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 67 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 69 det:predet _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 diligence diligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 70 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 72 nsubj:pass _ _ 71 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux:pass _ _ 72 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 69 acl:relcl _ _ 73 by by ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 72 obl _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 76 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 74 conj _ _ 77 else else ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 79 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj:pass _ _ 80 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 84 aux:pass _ _ 81 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 84 advmod _ _ 82 to to PART TO _ 84 mark _ _ 83 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 84 aux:pass _ _ 84 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 66 parataxis _ _ 85 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 84 advmod _ _ 86 or or CCONJ CC _ 87 cc _ _ 87 near near ADV RB _ 85 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make** | past · do-support | the Sultan | horses *= horse* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **wait** | infinitive | horses *= horse* *not said here* | | | | | for Sultan; long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **arrive** | past | Sultan | Houssain Prince | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | past | Sultan *not said here* | Prince's bow and arrow | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | | 5 | **shoot** | past | Sultan *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **shoot** | past | Ali Prince | much | | | | beyond Prince; Prince Ahmed *obl*; last, next *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent much=Theme beyond he=Destination | | 7 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** | could | nobody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **fall** | past | Prince's arrow | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **notwithstand** | gerund | Ali Prince *not said here* | all diligence | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **use** | past · passive | arrow | all diligence | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 12 | **not** **find** | past · passive | | diligence | | | | far *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/30/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)