--- title: After the Prince had made an end of his compliment the Sultan placed… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After the Prince had made an end of his compliment the Sultan placed him on his right hand, and then said to him: “Son, I am very much obliged to you for this valuable present, as also for the great danger you have exposed yourself to upon my account (which I have been informed of by a magician who --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/67/) [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/) / 67 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4, sentence 67 After the Prince had made an end of his compliment the Sultan placed him on his right hand, and then said to him: “Son, I am very much obliged to you for this valuable present, as also for the great danger you have exposed yourself to upon my account (which I have been informed of by a magician who knows the Fountain of Lions); but do me the pleasure,” continued he, “to inform me by what address, or, rather, by what incredible power, you have been secured.” **Who acts:** Sultan, Prince, magician, my · **What happens:** make, place, say, oblige, expose, inform · **To what, where:** Prince, right hand, I, account, Fountain, pleasure · **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 (Sultan, Prince, magician, my), 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:pg503:52:67 # text = After the Prince had made an end of his compliment the Sultan placed him on his right hand, and then said to him: “Son, I am very much obliged to you for this valuable present, as also for the great danger you have exposed yourself to upon my account (which I have been informed of by a magician who knows the Fountain of Lions); but do me the pleasure,” continued he, “to inform me by what address, or, rather, by what incredible power, you have been secured.” 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 compliment compliment NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 advcl _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 31 very very ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 much much ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 38 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 42 also also ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 exposed expose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 50 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 49 obj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 49 xcomp _ _ 52 upon upon ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 55 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 acl:relcl _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 by by ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 65 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 66 nsubj _ _ 66 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 acl:relcl _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 Fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 Lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ; ; PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 but but CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 75 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 74 iobj _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ” " PUNCT '' _ 74 punct _ _ 80 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 81 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 83 “ " PUNCT `` _ 85 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 to to PART TO _ 85 mark _ _ 85 inform inform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 80 conj _ _ 86 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 85 iobj _ _ 87 by by ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 88 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 89 nsubj _ _ 89 address address NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 96 punct _ _ 91 or or CCONJ CC _ 96 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 92 , , PUNCT , _ 91 punct _ _ 93 rather rather ADV RB _ 96 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 94 , , PUNCT , _ 93 punct _ _ 95 by by ADP IN _ 96 case _ _ 96 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 80 parataxis _ _ 97 incredible incredible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 98 amod _ _ 98 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 99 , , PUNCT , _ 103 punct _ _ 100 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 103 nsubj _ _ 101 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 103 aux _ _ 102 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 103 aux:pass _ _ 103 secured secure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 80 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 104 . . PUNCT . _ 103 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 105 ” " PUNCT '' _ 103 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | the Prince | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary end=Product | | 2 | **place** | past | the Sultan | Prince | | Prince's right hand | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on hand=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | Prince | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **oblige** *in a quote* | present · passive | | I | Prince | | | for this valuable present; Son *vocative* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **expose** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Prince | Prince | | | | for the great danger; upon my account | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot yourself=Topic | | 6 | **inform** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | my account | | | | of a magician | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of magician=Topic | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | present | a magician | the Fountain of Lions | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer fountain=Stimulus | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Sultan *not said here* | the pleasure | me | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **continue** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **inform** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | me | | | by address | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 11 | **secure** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Prince | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 12 | **compliment** | | Prince | | | | | | nom compliment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **account** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom account «communication 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/68/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)