--- title: The Prince told a story of his adventures without speaking of the Fa… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince told a story of his adventures without speaking of the Fairy, whom he said that he must not mention, and ended: “The only favor I ask of your Majesty is to give me leave to come often and pay you my respects, and to know how you do.” Who acts: Prince, only favor, you. 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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, only favor, you), 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:pg503:51:23 # text = The Prince told a story of his adventures without speaking of the Fairy, whom he said that he must not mention, and ended: “The only favor I ask of your Majesty is to give me leave to come often and pay you my respects, and to know how you do.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 without without SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 mention mention VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 favor favor NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 often often ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 respects respects NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 53 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 55 advmod _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince | a story of Prince's adventures | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent story=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | of the Fairy | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Prince | the Fairy | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | must | Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **end** | past | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | the Prince *= prince* | the only favor *not said here* | | | | of your Majesty | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent favor=Recipient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the only favor | | the Prince *= prince* | | | give *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive | the only favor *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **come** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the only favor *not said here* | | | | | often *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **pay** *in a quote* | infinitive | the only favor *not said here* | | you | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient respects=Asset | | 11 | **know** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 12 | **do** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **adventure** | | Prince | | | | | | nom adventure «act 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/24/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)