--- title: When Prince Ahmed came pretty nigh to these rocks he perceived an ar… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When Prince Ahmed came pretty nigh to these rocks he perceived an arrow, which he gathered up, looked earnestly at it, and was in the greatest astonishment to find it was the same he shot away. Who acts: Prince Ahmed, Ahmed, place. 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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 (Prince Ahmed, Ahmed, place), 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:pg503:50:37 # text = When Prince Ahmed came pretty nigh to these rocks he perceived an arrow, which he gathered up, looked earnestly at it, and was in the greatest astonishment to find it was the same he shot away. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 5 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 earnestly earnestly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 amod _ _ 30 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 csubj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 ccomp _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Prince Ahmed | | | this rocks | | nigh *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to rock=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **perceive** | past | Ahmed | a arrow | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer arrow=Stimulus | | 3 | **gather up** | past | Ahmed | a arrow | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 4 | **look** | past | | | | | | at place; earnestly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | the greatest astonishment | | | tree rules | | 6 | **find** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | place | | | | | same *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **shoot away** | past | Ahmed | | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/38/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)