--- title: He blessed the moment that he thought of seeking after his arrow a s… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He blessed the moment that he thought of seeking after his arrow a second time, and, yielding to his love, “Madam,” replied he, “should I all my life have the happiness of being your slave, and the admirer of the many charms which ravish my soul, I should think myself the most blessed of men. 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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, many charms), 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:pg503:50:59 # text = He blessed the moment that he thought of seeking after his arrow a second time, and, yielding to his love, “Madam,” replied he, “should I all my life have the happiness of being your slave, and the admirer of the many charms which ravish my soul, I should think myself the most blessed of men. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 of of SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 seeking seek VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 amod _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 yielding yield VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 ccomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 28 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 cop _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 admirer admirer NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 charms charm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ _ 52 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 53 ravish ravish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 60 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 59 obj _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 63 advmod _ _ 63 blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 ccomp _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bless** | past | Prince | | | | moment | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Prince | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **seek** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | after Prince's arrow; time | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **yield** | gerund | | | | | | to Prince's love and Madam | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to love=Theme | | 5 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | should | Prince | the happiness | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Patient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | of your slave | tree rules | | 8 | **ravish** *in a quote* | present | the many charms | my soul | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus soul=Experiencer | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | should | Prince | Prince | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent myself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 10 | **bless** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | of men | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **love** | | Prince | | | | | | nom love «feeling 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/60/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)