--- title: The next morning Prince Ahmed went out, as usual, at the iron gate,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next morning Prince Ahmed went out, as usual, at the iron gate, with the same attendants as before, and passed by the magician, whom he knew not to be such, and, seeing her lie with her head against the rock, and complaining as if she were in great pain, he pitied her, turned his horse about, we --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/48/) [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/) / 48 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3, sentence 48 The next morning Prince Ahmed went out, as usual, at the iron gate, with the same attendants as before, and passed by the magician, whom he knew not to be such, and, seeing her lie with her head against the rock, and complaining as if she were in great pain, he pitied her, turned his horse about, went to her, and asked her what was the matter with her, and what he could do to ease her. **Who acts:** Prince Ahmed, Ahmed, Fairy · **What happens:** go out, pass, know, not be, see, complain · **To what, where:** iron gate, magician, lie, great pain, Fairy, horse · **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 (Prince Ahmed, Ahmed, Fairy), 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:pg503:51:48 # text = The next morning Prince Ahmed went out, as usual, at the iron gate, with the same attendants as before, and passed by the magician, whom he knew not to be such, and, seeing her lie with her head against the rock, and complaining as if she were in great pain, he pitied her, turned his horse about, went to her, and asked her what was the matter with her, and what he could do to ease her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 before before ADV RB _ 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 36 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 advcl _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 against against ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 complaining complain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 52 as as SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 53 if if SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 54 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 55 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 pitied pity VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 62 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 67 about about ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 69 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 70 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 75 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 iobj _ _ 76 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 79 nsubj _ _ 77 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 79 cop _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 ccomp _ _ 80 with with ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 81 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 83 and and CCONJ CC _ 87 cc _ _ 84 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 87 obj _ _ 85 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 87 nsubj _ _ 86 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 87 aux _ _ 87 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 conj _ _ 88 to to PART TO _ 89 mark _ _ 89 ease ease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 87 advcl _ _ 90 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 89 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 91 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | Prince Ahmed | | | the iron gate | morning | with the same attendants; out, usual *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with attendant=Co-Agent | | 2 | **pass** | participle | | | | | | by the magician | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by magician=Location | | 3 | **know** | past | Ahmed | the magician | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | such *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | gerund | Ahmed *not said here* | Fairy's lie | | | | with Fairy's head against the rock | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lie=Stimulus | | 6 | **complain** *speech: other* | gerund | Ahmed *not said here* | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | Fairy | | | great pain | | | tree rules | | 8 | **pity** | past | Ahmed | Fairy | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 9 | **turn** | past | Ahmed *not said here* | Ahmed's horse | | | | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme horse=Result | | 10 | **go** | past | Ahmed *not said here* | | Fairy | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | Fairy | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 12 | **is a** | past | | the matter | | | | with Fairy | tree rules | | 13 | **do** | could | Ahmed | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 14 | **ease** | to-infinitive | Ahmed *not said here* | Fairy | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 15 | **lie** | | Fairy | | | | | | nom lie «communication intransitive»: 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/49/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)