--- title: As Prince Ahmed had obtained the Fairy Paribanou’s leave to go to th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As Prince Ahmed had obtained the Fairy Paribanou’s leave to go to the Sultan of the Indies’ Court once a month, he never failed, and the magician, knowing the time, went a day or two before to the foot of the rock where she lost sight of the Prince and his attendants, and waited there. 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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 (Ahmed, leave), 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:pg503:51:47 # text = As Prince Ahmed had obtained the Fairy Paribanou’s leave to go to the Sultan of the Indies’ Court once a month, he never failed, and the magician, knowing the time, went a day or two before to the foot of the rock where she lost sight of the Prince and his attendants, and waited there. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Paribanou Paribanou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Indies Indy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 21 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 12 advmod _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 conj _ _ 42 before before ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 51 advmod _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 52 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 62 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obtain** | past · perfect · passive | | Prince Ahmed | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | the Sultan of the Indies's Court | | once *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sultan=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **not** **fail** | past | Ahmed | the magician | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **know** | gerund | Ahmed *not said here* | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **go** | past | Ahmed *not said here* | | | the foot of the rock | day | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before foot=Location | | 6 | **lose** | past | leave | sight of the Prince and magician's attendants | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | | 7 | **wait** | past | Ahmed *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sight** | | | the Prince and magician's attendants | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/48/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)