--- title: Prince Ahmed, who did not believe that there was such a man in the w… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Ahmed, who did not believe that there was such a man in the world as his father described, would gladly have excused himself; but the Sultan persisted in his demand, and told him the Fairy could do more incredible things. Who acts: Prince Ahmed, man, father, Sultan. 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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 (Prince Ahmed, man, father, Sultan), 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:pg503:52:74 # text = Prince Ahmed, who did not believe that there was such a man in the world as his father described, would gladly have excused himself; but the Sultan persisted in his demand, and told him the Fairy could do more incredible things. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 10 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 13 det:predet _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 described describe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux _ _ 25 excused excuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 26 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 persisted persist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 43 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 44 advmod _ _ 44 incredible incredible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **believe** | past · do-support | Prince Ahmed | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | past | such man in the world | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **describe** | past | man's father | such man in the world *not said here* | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 4 | **excuse** | would · perfect | such man in the world *not said here* | man | | | | gladly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 5 | **persist** | past | the Sultan | | | man's demand | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in demand=Location | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Sultan *not said here* | | man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **do** | could | the Fairy | incredible things | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 8 | **demand** | | man | | | | | | nom demand «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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/73/) - next →: [The Story of Prince Ahmed an…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/1/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)