--- title: When Prince Ahmed saw the pavilion which the Fairy called the larges… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When Prince Ahmed saw the pavilion which the Fairy called the largest in her treasury, he fancied she had a mind to jest with him, and thereupon the marks of his surprise appeared presently in his countenance; which Paribanou perceiving burst out laughing. 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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 (Prince, Fairy, Nourgiham, marks), 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:pg503:52:33 # text = When Prince Ahmed saw the pavilion which the Fairy called the largest in her treasury, he fancied she had a mind to jest with him, and thereupon the marks of his surprise appeared presently in his countenance; which Paribanou perceiving burst out laughing. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pavilion pavilion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 xcomp _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 jest jest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 thereupon thereupon ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 36 presently presently ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 Paribanou Paribanou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 perceiving perceive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 44 burst burst VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ _ 45 out out ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Prince | the pavilion | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pavilion=Stimulus | | 2 | **call** | past | the Fairy | the pavilion | | | | large *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | | 3 | **fancy** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** | past | Nourgiham | a mind | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 5 | **jest** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Nourgiham *not said here* | a mind *not said here* | | | | with Prince | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **appear** | past | the marks of Prince's surprise | | | Prince's countenance | | presently, thereupon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in countenance=Location | | 7 | **perceive** | gerund | Paribanou *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **burst out** | participle · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **laugh** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **mark** | | | Prince's surprise | | | | | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **surprise** | | Prince | | | | | | nom surprise «feeling 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/34/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)