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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, you, genies), 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:pg503:51:3 # text = “Prince,” said the Fairy, “if you admire my palace so much, which, indeed, is very beautiful, what would you say to the palaces of the chief of our genies, which are much more beautiful, spacious, and magnificent? 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say 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 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 admire admire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 much much ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 29 obj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 palaces palace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 genies genie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 much much ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 44 advmod _ _ 44 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 spacious spacious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Prince | the Fairy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **admire** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | my palace | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | beautiful, indeed *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | would | you | | the palaces of the chief of our genies | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to palace=Recipient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | our genies | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | | our genies *not said here* | | | | | | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/4/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)