--- title: If Prince Ahmed had not known that Schaibar was Paribanou’s brother,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If Prince Ahmed had not known that Schaibar was Paribanou’s brother, he would not have been able to have looked at him without fear, but, knowing first who he was, he stood by the Fairy without the least concern. Who acts: Ahmed. 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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 (Ahmed), 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:pg503:53:13 # text = If Prince Ahmed had not known that Schaibar was Paribanou’s brother, he would not have been able to have looked at him without fear, but, knowing first who he was, he stood by the Fairy without the least concern. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 Schaibar Schaibar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 Paribanou Paribanou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 17 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 cop _ _ 19 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 21 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux _ _ 22 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 xcomp _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 without without ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 31 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 advmod _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 without without ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 44 amod _ _ 44 concern concern NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · perfect · passive | | Prince Ahmed | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | 's Schaibar Paribanou | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** | would · perfect | Ahmed | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | to-infinitive · perfect | Ahmed *not said here* | | | | | at Ahmed; without fear | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 5 | **know** | gerund | Ahmed *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer who=Stimulus | | 6 | **stand** | past | Ahmed | | | | | by the Fairy; without the least concern | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fairy=Location | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/14/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/)