--- title: Beg of him to be satisfied in knowing you are happy, and desire no m… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Beg of him to be satisfied in knowing you are happy, and desire no more; and let him know that the sole end of your visit is to make him easy, and inform him of your fate.” Who acts: Beg, Ahmed, sole end, your. 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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 (Beg, Ahmed, sole end, your), 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:pg503:51:16 # text = Beg of him to be satisfied in knowing you are happy, and desire no more; and let him know that the sole end of your visit is to make him easy, and inform him of your fate.” 1 Beg beg NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ 7 in in SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 desire desire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 15 no no ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 sole sole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 inform inform VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | to-infinitive | Beg of Ahmed *not said here* | | | | | satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | gerund | Beg of Ahmed *not said here* | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | present | Beg of Ahmed | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **desire** | present | | more | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | Ahmed | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **know** | infinitive | Ahmed *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | present | the sole end of your visit | | | | | easy, make *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **inform** *speech: other* | infinitive | | | Ahmed | | | of your fate | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of fate=Topic | | 9 | **visit** | | your | | | | | | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **fate** | | your | | | | | | nom fate «event 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/17/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)