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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 (crier, great many persons, one, that), 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:pg503:50:5 # text = While the crier informed Prince Ahmed of the virtues of the artificial apple, a great many persons came about them and confirmed what he said; and one among the rest said he had a friend dangerously ill, whose life was despaired of; and that was a favorable opportunity to show Prince Ahmed the experiment. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 virtues virtue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 artificial artificial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 20 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 confirmed confirm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nsubj _ _ 30 among among ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 dangerously dangerously ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 despaired despair VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 48 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 favorable favorable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 acl _ _ 55 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 experiment experiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | the crier | | Prince Ahmed of the virtues of the artificial apple | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ahmed=Recipient | | 2 | **come** | past | a great many persons | Prince Ahmed of the virtues of the artificial apple *not said here* | | | | about virtues *= virtue* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ahmed=Theme | | 3 | **confirm** | past | a great many persons *not said here* | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | crier | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one among the rest | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** | past | crier | a friend | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient | | 7 | **despair** | past · passive | | life | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | past | that | a favorable opportunity | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **show** | to-infinitive | the crier *not said here* | the experiment | Prince Ahmed | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ahmed=Recipient experiment=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/6/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)