--- title: As soon as Prince Ahmed perceived the lady, he made all imaginable h… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as Prince Ahmed perceived the lady, he made all imaginable haste to go and pay his respects; and the lady, on her part, seeing him coming, prevented him from addressing his discourse to her first, but said to him: “Come nearer, Prince Ahmed, you are welcome.” Who acts: Prince Ahmed, Ahmed. 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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), 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:pg503:50:45 # text = As soon as Prince Ahmed perceived the lady, he made all imaginable haste to go and pay his respects; and the lady, on her part, seeing him coming, prevented him from addressing his discourse to her first, but said to him: “Come nearer, Prince Ahmed, you are welcome.” 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 13 imaginable imaginable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 respects respects NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 prevented prevent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 from from SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 addressing address VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 discourse discourse NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 “ " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 51 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 58 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perceive** | past | Prince Ahmed | the lady | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus | | 2 | **make** | past | Ahmed | all imaginable haste | | | | the lady and lady's part *obl*; soon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haste=Product | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | Ahmed *not said here* | all imaginable haste *not said here* | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pay** | infinitive | Ahmed *not said here* | Ahmed's respects | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respects=Asset | | 5 | **see** | gerund | Ahmed *not said here* | Ahmed | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | gerund | Ahmed *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **prevent** | past | Ahmed *not said here* | Ahmed | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Theme | | 8 | **address** | gerund | Ahmed *not said here* | Ahmed's discourse | | | | to lady's first | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent discourse=Destination | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ahmed *not said here* | | Ahmed | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Prince Ahmed | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Ahmed | | | | | welcome *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **discourse** | | Ahmed | | | | | | nom discourse «communication transitive»: poss=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/46/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)