--- title: The treasurer went immediately with it out of the palace, and carrie… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The treasurer went immediately with it out of the palace, and carried it a great way off; and when she had set it up one end reached to the very palace; at which time the Prince, thinking it small, found it large enough to shelter two greater armies than that of the Sultan his father’s, and then sai --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/38/) [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/) / 38 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4, sentence 38 The treasurer went immediately with it out of the palace, and carried it a great way off; and when she had set it up one end reached to the very palace; at which time the Prince, thinking it small, found it large enough to shelter two greater armies than that of the Sultan his father’s, and then said to Paribanou: “I ask my Princess a thousand pardons for my incredulity; after what I have seen I believe there is nothing impossible to you.” **Who acts:** treasurer, one end, nothing · **What happens:** go, carry, set up, reach, think, find · **To what, where:** palace, treasurer, Nourgihan, two greater armies, Paribanou, thousand pardons · **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 (treasurer, one end, nothing), 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:pg503:52:38 # text = The treasurer went immediately with it out of the palace, and carried it a great way off; and when she had set it up one end reached to the very palace; at which time the Prince, thinking it small, found it large enough to shelter two greater armies than that of the Sultan his father’s, and then said to Paribanou: “I ask my Princess a thousand pardons for my incredulity; after what I have seen I believe there is nothing impossible to you.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 treasurer treasurer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 off off ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 37 det _ _ 37 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 45 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 48 enough enough ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 shelter shelter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 51 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nummod _ _ 52 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 53 amod _ _ 53 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 54 than than ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 nmod _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’s 's PART POS _ 60 case _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 64 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 65 advmod _ _ 65 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 66 to to ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 Paribanou Paribanou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 : : PUNCT : _ 71 punct _ _ 69 “ " PUNCT `` _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 ccomp _ _ 72 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 73 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 74 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 76 nummod _ _ 76 pardons pardon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 obl _ _ 77 for for ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 79 nmod:poss _ _ 79 incredulity incredulity NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ; ; PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 81 after after SCONJ IN _ 85 mark _ _ 82 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 85 obj _ _ 83 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 85 nsubj _ _ 84 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 85 aux _ _ 85 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 87 advcl _ _ 86 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 87 nsubj _ _ 87 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 parataxis _ _ 88 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 89 expl _ _ 89 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 87 ccomp _ _ 90 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 89 nsubj _ _ 91 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 90 amod _ _ 92 to to ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 93 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 91 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 94 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 95 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the treasurer | | | the palace | | with hand; immediately *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out palace=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **carry** | past | the treasurer *not said here* | treasurer | | | | a great way *obl:unmarked* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **set up** | past · perfect · passive | | Nourgihan | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=Destination | | 4 | **reach** | past | one end | | | | | to the palace | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | treasurer | | | | small *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 6 | **find** | past | the treasurer *not said here* | treasurer | | | time | large *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 7 | **shelter** | to-infinitive | the treasurer *not said here* | two greater armies | | | | than that | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the treasurer *not said here* | | Paribanou | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to paribanou=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | the treasurer *= treasurer* | thousand pardons | my Princess | | | for my incredulity | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient | | 10 | **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the treasurer *= treasurer* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 11 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | the treasurer *= treasurer* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 12 | **be** *in a quote* | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/39/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)