--- title: While the two women executed the Fairy’s commands, she went up to Pr… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: While the two women executed the Fairy’s commands, she went up to Prince Ahmed, and, whispering in his ear, said: “Prince, this woman is not so sick as she pretends to be; and I am very much mistaken if she is not an impostor, who will be the cause of a great trouble to you. 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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 (two women, Fairy, woman, impostor), 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:pg503:51:58 # text = While the two women executed the Fairy’s commands, she went up to Prince Ahmed, and, whispering in his ear, said: “Prince, this woman is not so sick as she pretends to be; and I am very much mistaken if she is not an impostor, who will be the cause of a great trouble to you. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 executed execute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 commands command NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 whispering whisper VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 ccomp _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 pretends pretend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 very very ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 much much ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 mistaken mistaken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 52 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 impostor impostor NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 56 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 57 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 cop _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 parataxis _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **execute** | past | the two women | the Fairy's commands | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Patient | | 2 | **go up** | past | Fairy | | Prince Ahmed | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | Ahmed's ear | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Fairy *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | this woman | | | | | sick *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **pretend** *in a quote* | present | Fairy | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Fairy *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Fairy | | | | | mistaken *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Fairy | a impostor | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | a impostor | the cause | | | | of a great trouble to you | tree rules | | 11 | **command** | | the Fairy | | | | | | nom command «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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/59/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)