--- title: But the favorites went on abusing Prince Ahmed till the Sultan said:… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the favorites went on abusing Prince Ahmed till the Sultan said: “Be it as it will, I don’t believe my son Ahmed is so wicked as you would persuade me he is; how ever, I am obliged to you for your good advice, and don’t dispute but that it proceeds from your good intentions.” Who acts: favorites --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/36/) [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/) / 36 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3, sentence 36 But the favorites went on abusing Prince Ahmed till the Sultan said: “Be it as it will, I don’t believe my son Ahmed is so wicked as you would persuade me he is; how ever, I am obliged to you for your good advice, and don’t dispute but that it proceeds from your good intentions.” **Who acts:** favorites, Sultan, son, you, fidelity, your · **What happens:** go, abuse, say, be, not believe, oblige · **To what, where:** Prince Ahmed, fidelity, Sultan, you, good intentions · **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 (favorites, Sultan, son, 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:pg503:51:36 # text = But the favorites went on abusing Prince Ahmed till the Sultan said: “Be it as it will, I don’t believe my son Ahmed is so wicked as you would persuade me he is; how ever, I am obliged to you for your good advice, and don’t dispute but that it proceeds from your good intentions.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 favorites favorite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 abusing abuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 23 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 parataxis _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 40 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 parataxis _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 54 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 dispute dispute VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 56 but but CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 proceeds proceed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 60 from from ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 62 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 intentions intention NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the favorites | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **abuse** | gerund | the favorites *not said here* | Prince Ahmed | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ahmed=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Sultan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | | fidelity | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **believe** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the Sultan *= sultan* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my son | | | | | wicked *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | would | you | | | | | persuade *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **oblige** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the Sultan *= sultan* | you | | | for your good advice | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **not** **dispute** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **proceed** *in a quote* | present | fidelity | | | your good intentions | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **intend** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom intention «cognition 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/37/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)