--- title: This means she communicated to the Sultan who declared it the next d… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This means she communicated to the Sultan who declared it the next day to the Prince, in the midst of all his courtiers, in these words: “Son,” said he, “I have one thing more to ask of you, after which I shall expect nothing more from your obedience, nor your interest with your wife. 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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 (This, infallible, Son, your), 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:pg503:52:72 # text = This means she communicated to the Sultan who declared it the next day to the Prince, in the midst of all his courtiers, in these words: “Son,” said he, “I have one thing more to ask of you, after which I shall expect nothing more from your obedience, nor your interest with your wife. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 communicated communicate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 after after ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 obl _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 53 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 52 obj _ _ 54 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 52 advmod _ _ 55 from from ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 obedience obedience NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 61 cc _ _ 60 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 62 with with ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | This | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **communicate** | participle | infallible | | | | | to the Sultan | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | | trouble | | the midst of Prince's courtiers and this words | day | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Son | your interest with your wife | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Son | more | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Son *not said here* | | | | | of you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of you=Recipient | | 7 | **expect** *in a quote* | shall | Son | nothing | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | | 8 | **obey** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom obedience «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **interest** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | with your wife | nom interest «cognition transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/73/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)