--- title: “Brother,” replied Paribanou, “it is too late to go to-day, therefor… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Brother,” replied Paribanou, “it is too late to go to-day, therefore stay till to-morrow morning; and in the meantime I’ll inform you of all that has passed between the Sultan of the Indies and Prince Ahmed since our marriage.” Who acts: Brother, it, that, our. 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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 (Brother, it, that, our), 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:pg503:53:22 # text = “Brother,” replied Paribanou, “it is too late to go to-day, therefore stay till to-morrow morning; and in the meantime I’ll inform you of all that has passed between the Sultan of the Indies and Prince Ahmed since our marriage.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Paribanou Paribanou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 csubj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 21 till till ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 inform inform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 40 between between ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Indies Indy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 49 since since ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | day | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stay** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | morning | therefore *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **inform** *speech: other* *in a quote* | future | Brother | | you | the meantime | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 6 | **pass** *in a quote* | present · perfect | that | | | the Sultan of the Indies and Prince Ahmed | since our marriage | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between sultan=Location | | 7 | **marry** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom marriage «state 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/23/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/)