--- title: The Fairy Paribanou came with all imaginable haste, not knowing what… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Fairy Paribanou came with all imaginable haste, not knowing what made Prince Ahmed return so soon, who, not giving her time to ask him the reason, said: “Princess, I desire you would have compassion on this good woman,” pointing to the magician, who was held up by two of his retinue. 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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 (Fairy Paribanou, I, 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:pg503:51:55 # text = The Fairy Paribanou came with all imaginable haste, not knowing what made Prince Ahmed return so soon, who, not giving her time to ask him the reason, said: “Princess, I desire you would have compassion on this good woman,” pointing to the magician, who was held up by two of his retinue. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Paribanou Paribanou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 7 imaginable imaginable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 13 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 14 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 desire desire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 42 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 45 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ 49 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 acl:relcl _ _ 57 up up ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 retinue retinue NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the Fairy Paribanou | | | | | with all imaginable haste | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **know** | gerund | the Fairy Paribanou *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **make** | past | | return | Prince Ahmed | | | soon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset ahmed=Beneficiary return=Product | | 4 | **not** **give** | gerund | | | | | time | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | the reason | Ahmed | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | Princess | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | would | you | compassion | | | | on this good woman | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=Patient | | 9 | **point** | gerund | I *not said here* | | the magician | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to magician=Recipient | | 10 | **hold up** | past · passive | | the magician | | | | by two of Paribanou's retinue | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/56/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)