--- title: And though it was believed that he shot the farthest, and that he th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And though it was believed that he shot the farthest, and that he therefore deserved the Princess Nouronnihar, it was, however, necessary that his arrow should be found to make the matter more evident and certain; and, notwithstanding his remonstrance, the Sultan judged in favor of Prince Ali, and g --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/30/) [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/) / 30 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2, sentence 30 And though it was believed that he shot the farthest, and that he therefore deserved the Princess Nouronnihar, it was, however, necessary that his arrow should be found to make the matter more evident and certain; and, notwithstanding his remonstrance, the Sultan judged in favor of Prince Ali, and gave orders for preparations to be made for the wedding, which was celebrated a few days after with great magnificence. **Who acts:** Ali, diligence, arrow, Sultan · **What happens:** believe, shoot, deserve, be, find, make · **To what, where:** diligence, farthest, Princess Nouronnihar, arrow, matter, remonstrance · **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 (Ali, diligence, arrow, Sultan), 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:pg503:50:30 # text = And though it was believed that he shot the farthest, and that he therefore deserved the Princess Nouronnihar, it was, however, necessary that his arrow should be found to make the matter more evident and certain; and, notwithstanding his remonstrance, the Sultan judged in favor of Prince Ali, and gave orders for preparations to be made for the wedding, which was celebrated a few days after with great magnificence. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 farthest far ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 deserved deserve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 however however ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ _ 38 evident evident ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 notwithstanding notwithstand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 remonstrance remonstrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 judged judge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 favor favor NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod:desc _ _ 55 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 59 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ _ 60 for for ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 advcl _ _ 65 for for ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 69 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 71 nsubj:pass _ _ 70 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 aux:pass _ _ 71 celebrated celebrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 acl:relcl _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 obj _ _ 75 after after ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 with with ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 magnificence magnificence NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past · passive | | diligence | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shoot** | past | Ali | the farthest | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent far=Theme | | 3 | **deserve** | past | Ali | the Princess Nouronnihar | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | past | diligence | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **find** | should · passive | | Ali's arrow | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | Ali's arrow *not said here* | the matter | | | | evident *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset matter=Product | | 7 | **notwithstand** | gerund | the Sultan *not said here* | Ali's remonstrance | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **judge** | past | the Sultan | | | favor of Ali Prince | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **give** | past | the Sultan *not said here* | orders | | | | for preparations | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent order=Theme for preparation=Asset | | 10 | **make** | to-infinitive · passive | the Sultan *not said here* | | | | | for the wedding | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: for wedding=Asset | | 11 | **celebrate** | past · passive | | the wedding | | | after great magnificence; day | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 12 | **favor** | | | Ali Prince | | | | | nom favor «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/31/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)