--- title: The only thing that I have to add is, that you seemed to me worthy o… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The only thing that I have to add is, that you seemed to me worthy of a more happy fate than that of possessing the Princess Nouronnihar; and, that you might attain to it, I was present when you drew your arrow, and foresaw it would not go beyond Prince Houssain’s. 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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 (I, only thing, you, thing), 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:pg503:50:55 # text = The only thing that I have to add is, that you seemed to me worthy of a more happy fate than that of possessing the Princess Nouronnihar; and, that you might attain to it, I was present when you drew your arrow, and foresaw it would not go beyond Prince Houssain’s. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:outer _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 add add VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 worthy worthy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 20 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 22 than than ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nmod _ _ 24 of of SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 possessing possess VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 attain attain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 parataxis _ _ 42 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 foresaw foresee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 ccomp _ _ 54 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod:desc _ _ 56 Houssain Houssain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’s 's PART POS _ 53 case _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | the only thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the only thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | the only thing | | me | | | seem *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **possess** | gerund | | the Princess Nouronnihar | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nouronnihar=Theme | | 5 | **attain** | might | you | | thing | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | I | | | | | present *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **draw** | past | you | your arrow | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme | | 8 | **foresee** | past | the only thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **not** **go** | would | thing | | | Houssain Prince | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beyond houssain=Location | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/56/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)