--- title: “Son,” answered the Sultan of the Indies, “I cannot refuse you the l… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Son,” answered the Sultan of the Indies, “I cannot refuse you the leave you ask me; but I should much rather you would resolve to stay with me; at least tell me where I may send to you if you should fail to come, or when I may think your presence necessary.” Who acts: Son, Sultan. 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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 (Son, Sultan), 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:pg503:51:24 # text = “Son,” answered the Sultan of the Indies, “I cannot refuse you the leave you ask me; but I should much rather you would resolve to stay with me; at least tell me where I may send to you if you should fail to come, or when I may think your presence necessary.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Indies Indy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 27 much much ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 rather rather ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 resolve resolve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 obl _ _ 39 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 or or CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 55 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 58 advmod _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 59 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Son | | the Sultan of the Indies | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **refuse** *in a quote* | can | Son | the Sultan of the Indies *= sultan* | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 3 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive | Son *not said here* | the Sultan of the Indies *= sultan* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | Son *not said here* | | Son | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 5 | **resolve** *in a quote* | would | Son | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **stay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Son *not said here* | | | | | with Son | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with i=Location | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | Son *not said here* | | Son | least | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **send** *in a quote* | may | Son | | the Sultan of the Indies *= sultan* | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to you=Destination | | 9 | **fail** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should | the Sultan of the Indies *= sultan* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **not** **come** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Sultan of the Indies *= sultan* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | may | Son | your presence | | | | necessary *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot presence=Theme | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/25/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)