--- title: However, Paribanou saved her the trouble, and said to her: “Good wom… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, Paribanou saved her the trouble, and said to her: “Good woman, I am glad I had an opportunity to oblige you, and to see you are able to pursue your journey. Who acts: Paribanou, magician, your. 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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 (Paribanou, magician, your), 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:pg503:52:10 # text = However, Paribanou saved her the trouble, and said to her: “Good woman, I am glad I had an opportunity to oblige you, and to see you are able to pursue your journey. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Paribanou Paribanou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 oblige oblige VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 ccomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 pursue pursue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | past | Paribanou | the trouble | magician | | | however *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary trouble=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Paribanou *not said here* | Good woman | magician | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Paribanou | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Paribanou | a opportunity | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient | | 5 | **oblige** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Paribanou *not said here* | magician | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Paribanou *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | magician | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **pursue** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | magician *not said here* | your journey | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | | 9 | **journey** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom journey «act 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/11/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)