--- title: Nourgihan,” said she to her treasurer, taking the tent out of Prince… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Nourgihan,” said she to her treasurer, taking the tent out of Prince Ahmed’s hands, “go and set it up, that the Prince may judge whether it may be large enough for the Sultan his father.” Who acts: Nourgihan, Prince, hand. 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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 (Nourgihan, Prince, hand), 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:pg503:52:37 # text = Nourgihan,” said she to her treasurer, taking the tent out of Prince Ahmed’s hands, “go and set it up, that the Prince may judge whether it may be large enough for the Sultan his father.” 1 Nourgihan Nourgihan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 treasurer treasurer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 out out ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 32 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 36 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 37 enough enough ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Nourgihan | | Nourgihan's treasurer | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to treasurer=Recipient | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | gerund | Nourgihan *not said here* | the tent | | Prince Ahmed's hands | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent tent=Theme out hand=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | Nourgihan *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **set up** | infinitive | Nourgihan *not said here* | hand | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result | | 5 | **judge** | may | the Prince | | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | may | hand | | | | | for the Sultan; enough, large *property* | tree rules | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/38/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)