--- title: The Sultan of the Indies pressed Prince Ahmed no more, but said to h… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Sultan of the Indies pressed Prince Ahmed no more, but said to him: “Son, I penetrate no farther into your secrets, but leave you at your liberty; but can tell you that you could not do me a greater pleasure than to come, and by your presence restore to me the joy I have not felt this long time, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/27/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fair…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/) / 27 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3, sentence 27 The Sultan of the Indies pressed Prince Ahmed no more, but said to him: “Son, I penetrate no farther into your secrets, but leave you at your liberty; but can tell you that you could not do me a greater pleasure than to come, and by your presence restore to me the joy I have not felt this long time, and that you shall always be welcome when you come, without interrupting your business or pleasure.” **Who acts:** Sultan, Ahmed · **What happens:** press, say, penetrate, leave, tell, not do · **To what, where:** Prince Ahmed, Ahmed, liberty, greater pleasure, Sultan, joy · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sultan, Ahmed), 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:pg503:51:27 # text = The Sultan of the Indies pressed Prince Ahmed no more, but said to him: “Son, I penetrate no farther into your secrets, but leave you at your liberty; but can tell you that you could not do me a greater pleasure than to come, and by your presence restore to me the joy I have not felt this long time, and that you shall always be welcome when you come, without interrupting your business or pleasure.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Indies indy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 no no ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 penetrate penetrate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 farther far ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 xcomp _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 secrets secret NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 iobj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 amod _ _ 47 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 48 than than SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 56 restore restore VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 62 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 64 felt feel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 60 acl:relcl _ _ 65 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 67 det _ _ 66 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 70 that that SCONJ IN _ 75 mark _ _ 71 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 72 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 73 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 75 advmod _ _ 74 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 75 cop _ _ 75 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 76 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 78 advmod _ _ 77 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 78 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 80 without without SCONJ IN _ 81 mark _ _ 81 interrupting interrupt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 78 advcl _ _ 82 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 83 nmod:poss _ _ 83 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obj _ _ 84 or or CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 85 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 87 ” " PUNCT '' _ 75 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | past | the Sultan of the Indies | Prince Ahmed | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Sultan of the Indies *not said here* | | Ahmed | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **penetrate** *in a quote* | present | the Sultan of the Indies *= sultan* | | | | | Son *vocative*; far *property* | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Sultan of the Indies *= sultan* *not said here* | Ahmed | | your liberty | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme at liberty=Location | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | | | Ahmed | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | could | Ahmed | a greater pleasure | the Sultan of the Indies *= sultan* | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ahmed *not said here* | a greater pleasure *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **restore** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the joy | the Sultan of the Indies *= sultan* | | | by your presence | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent joy=Theme to i=Recipient | | 9 | **not** **feel** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Sultan of the Indies *= sultan* | the joy *not said here* | | | time | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Theme | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | Ahmed | | | | | always, welcome *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **come** *in a quote* | present | Ahmed | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **interrupt** *in a quote* | gerund | Ahmed *not said here* | your business or pleasure | | | | | tree rules | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/28/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)