--- title: The Sultan was very well pleased with the magician’s conduct, and sa… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Sultan was very well pleased with the magician’s conduct, and said to her: “Do you as you think fit; I’ll wait patiently the event of your promises,” and to encourage her made her a present of a diamond of great value. Who acts: Sultan, Fairy, I, magician. 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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, Fairy, I, magician), 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:pg503:51:46 # text = The Sultan was very well pleased with the magician’s conduct, and said to her: “Do you as you think fit; I’ll wait patiently the event of your promises,” and to encourage her made her a present of a diamond of great value. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 24 fit fit NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 29 patiently patiently ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 promises promise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 encourage encourage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Sultan | | | | | with the magician's conduct; pleased, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | Fairy | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present | | Fairy | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Fairy | fit | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fit=Theme | | 5 | **wait** *in a quote* | future | I | the event of your promises | | | | patiently *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **encourage** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | Fairy | | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **make** | past | I *not said here* | a present of a diamond of great value | Fairy | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary present=Product | | 8 | **conduct** | | the magician | | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **promise** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom promise «communication 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/47/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)