--- title: I am informed that the Fairy, your spouse, makes use of a certain wa… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I am informed that the Fairy, your spouse, makes use of a certain water, called the Water of the Fountain of Lions, which cures all sorts of fevers, even the most dangerous, and, as I am perfectly well persuaded my health is dear to you, I don’t doubt but you will ask her for a bottle of that water --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/47/) [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/) / 47 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4, sentence 47 I am informed that the Fairy, your spouse, makes use of a certain water, called the Water of the Fountain of Lions, which cures all sorts of fevers, even the most dangerous, and, as I am perfectly well persuaded my health is dear to you, I don’t doubt but you will ask her for a bottle of that water for me, and bring it me as a sovereign medicine, which I may make use of when I have occasion. **Who acts:** Fairy, Water, I, health, you, sovereign medicine · **What happens:** inform, make, call, cure, persuade, be · **To what, where:** I, use, certain water, sorts, you, horse · **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 (Fairy, Water, I, health), 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:pg503:52:47 # text = I am informed that the Fairy, your spouse, makes use of a certain water, called the Water of the Fountain of Lions, which cures all sorts of fevers, even the most dangerous, and, as I am perfectly well persuaded my health is dear to you, I don’t doubt but you will ask her for a bottle of that water for me, and bring it me as a sovereign medicine, which I may make use of when I have occasion. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 spouse spouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Fountain Fountain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Lions Lion PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 cures cure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 fevers fever NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 even even ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 37 advmod _ _ 37 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 46 advmod _ _ 46 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 parataxis _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 56 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 57 doubt doubt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 62 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 iobj _ _ 63 for for ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 68 det _ _ 68 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 for for ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 74 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ _ 75 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ _ 76 as as ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 77 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 78 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 compound _ _ 79 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 81 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 84 nsubj _ _ 82 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 83 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 84 aux _ _ 84 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 79 conj _ _ 85 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obj _ _ 86 of of SCONJ IN _ 89 mark _ _ 87 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 89 advmod _ _ 88 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 89 nsubj _ _ 89 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 85 acl _ _ 90 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 91 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present · passive | | I | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **make** | present | the Fairy and your spouse | use of a certain water | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Product | | 3 | **call** | participle | | a certain water *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cure** | present | the Water of the Fountain of Lions | all sorts of fevers | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer sort=Source | | 5 | **persuade** | present · passive | I | | | | | perfectly, well *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | my health | | you | | | dear *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **doubt** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | future | you | | horse | | | for a bottle of that water; for me | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 9 | **bring** | infinitive | I *not said here* | health | | | | as a sovereign medicine | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument it=Theme i=Destination | | 10 | **make** | may | a sovereign medicine | use | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset use=Product | | 11 | **have** | present | I | occasion | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Patient | | 12 | **use** | | | a certain water | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | | 13 | **sort** | | | fevers | | | | | nom sort «cognition 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/48/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)