--- title: Guarded in this manner, he arrived at the capital of the Indies, but… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Guarded in this manner, he arrived at the capital of the Indies, but the lions never left him till they had conducted him to the gates of the Sultan’s palace; after which they returned the same way they came, though not without frightening all that saw them, for all they went in a very gentle manner --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/63/) [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/) / 63 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4, sentence 63 Guarded in this manner, he arrived at the capital of the Indies, but the lions never left him till they had conducted him to the gates of the Sultan’s palace; after which they returned the same way they came, though not without frightening all that saw them, for all they went in a very gentle manner and showed no fierceness. **Who acts:** Prince, lions, that · **What happens:** guard, arrive, not leave, conduct, return, come · **To what, where:** manner, capital, Prince, gates, same way, Lions 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 (Prince, lions, that), 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:pg503:52:63 # text = Guarded in this manner, he arrived at the capital of the Indies, but the lions never left him till they had conducted him to the gates of the Sultan’s palace; after which they returned the same way they came, though not without frightening all that saw them, for all they went in a very gentle manner and showed no fierceness. 1 Guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Indies Indy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 18 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 till till SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 conducted conduct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 after after ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 though though SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 47 without without ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 frightening frightening ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 51 det:predet _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 52 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 57 obl _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 parataxis _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 60 very very ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 65 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 66 det _ _ 66 fierceness fierceness NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | participle | Prince *not said here* | | | this manner | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **arrive** | past | Prince | | | the capital of the Indies | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **leave** | past | the lions | Prince | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **conduct** | past · perfect | Lions *= lion* | Prince | | the gates of the Sultan's palace | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to gate=Destination | | 5 | **return** | past | Lions *= lion* | the same way | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | Lions *= lion* | the same way *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past | that | Lions *= lion* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 8 | **go** | past | Lions *= lion* | | | a gentle manner | | for all | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for all=Theme in manner=Location | | 9 | **show** | past | Lions *= lion* *not said here* | no fierceness | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fierceness=Recipient | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/64/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)