--- title: The crier, who had orders to sell it at that price, said to Prince A… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The crier, who had orders to sell it at that price, said to Prince Ahmed: “Come, sir, let us go and make the experiment, and the apple shall be yours; and I can assure you that it will always have the desired effect.” Who acts: crier, orders, us, apple. 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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, orders, us, apple), 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:pg503:50:7 # text = The crier, who had orders to sell it at that price, said to Prince Ahmed: “Come, sir, let us go and make the experiment, and the apple shall be yours; and I can assure you that it will always have the desired effect.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 sir sir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 experiment experiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 assure assure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 48 advmod _ _ 48 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 amod _ _ 51 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the crier | orders | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sell** | to-infinitive | orders *not said here* | friend | | that price | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at price=Asset | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the crier | | Prince Ahmed | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to ahmed=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sir** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | the experiment | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset experiment=Product | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | the apple | Prince Ahmed *= ahmed* | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **assure** *in a quote* | can | the crier *= crier* | | Prince Ahmed *= ahmed* | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 11 | **have** *in a quote* | future | apple | the desired effect | | | | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient | | 12 | **desire** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/8/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)