--- title: The Sultan of the Indies said this that his favorites might not know… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Sultan of the Indies said this that his favorites might not know the impressions their discourse had made on his mind; which had so alarmed him that he resolved to have Prince Ahmed watched unknown to his grand vizier. Who acts: Sultan, favorites, impressions, Son. 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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 (Sultan, favorites, impressions, Son), 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:pg503:51:37 # text = The Sultan of the Indies said this that his favorites might not know the impressions their discourse had made on his mind; which had so alarmed him that he resolved to have Prince Ahmed watched unknown to his grand vizier. 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 favorites favorite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 11 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 impressions impression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 discourse discourse NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 37 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Sultan of the Indies | this | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **know** | might | Son's favorites | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | the impressions *not said here* | favorites's discourse | | Son's mind | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **alarm** | past · perfect · passive | | the impressions | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result | | 5 | **resolve** | past | Son | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | to-infinitive | Son *not said here* | Prince Ahmed | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ahmed=Patient | | 7 | **watch** | past | the impressions | | | | | unknown *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **discourse** | | favorites *= favorite* | | | | | | nom discourse «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **mind** | | Son | | | | | | nom mind «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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/38/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)