--- title: At last he replied: “Though it is with the greatest reluctance imagi… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last he replied: “Though it is with the greatest reluctance imaginable, I will not fail to ask the favor of my wife your Majesty desires, but will not promise you to obtain it; and if I should not have the honor to come again to pay you my respects that shall be the sign that I have not had succe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/22/) [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/pg503/52/) / 22 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4, sentence 22 At last he replied: “Though it is with the greatest reluctance imaginable, I will not fail to ask the favor of my wife your Majesty desires, but will not promise you to obtain it; and if I should not have the honor to come again to pay you my respects that shall be the sign that I have not had success. **Who acts:** father, last, Majesty, respects · **What happens:** reply, be, not fail, ask, desire, not promise · **To what, where:** last, favor, wife, you, honor, sign · **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 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, last, Majesty, respects), 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:pg503:52:22 # text = At last he replied: “Though it is with the greatest reluctance imaginable, I will not fail to ask the favor of my wife your Majesty desires, but will not promise you to obtain it; and if I should not have the honor to come again to pay you my respects that shall be the sign that I have not had success. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Though though SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 13 reluctance reluctance NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 advcl _ _ 14 imaginable imaginable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 favor favor NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 desires desire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 acl _ _ 50 again again ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 respects respects NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 56 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 nsubj _ _ 57 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 cop _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 acl:relcl _ _ 61 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 62 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 63 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 64 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 65 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 60 acl:relcl _ _ 66 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | father | | | last | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | last | | | | | with the greatest reluctance | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **fail** *in a quote* | future | father | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | the favor of my wife | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent favor=Recipient | | 5 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | your Majesty | my wife *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wife=Theme | | 6 | **not** **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | future | father *not said here* | | you | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **obtain** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | favor | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Theme | | 8 | **not** **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should | father | the honor | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honor=Patient | | 9 | **come** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | the honor *not said here* | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **pay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | | you | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient respects=Asset | | 11 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | my respects | the sign | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | father | success | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent success=Patient | | 13 | **favor** *in a quote* | | | my wife | | | | | nom favor «act 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/23/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)