--- title: Schaibar went boldly and fiercely up to the throne, without waiting… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Schaibar went boldly and fiercely up to the throne, without waiting to be presented by Prince Ahmed, and accosted the Sultan of the Indies in these words: “Thou hast asked for me,” said he; “see, here I am; what wouldst thou have with me?” Who acts: Schaibar, Prince Ahmed, Thou. 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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 (Schaibar, Prince Ahmed, Thou), 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:pg503:53:26 # text = Schaibar went boldly and fiercely up to the throne, without waiting to be presented by Prince Ahmed, and accosted the Sultan of the Indies in these words: “Thou hast asked for me,” said he; “see, here I am; what wouldst thou have with me?” 1 Schaibar Schaibar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 boldly boldly ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 fiercely fiercely ADV RB _ 3 conj _ _ 6 up up ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 without without SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 accosted accost VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Indies Indy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj _ _ 33 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 34 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 xcomp _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 47 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 52 obj _ _ 50 wouldst would AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 nsubj _ _ 52 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ? ? PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Schaibar | | | the throne | | boldly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme up throne=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **wait** | gerund | Schaibar *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **present** | to-infinitive · passive | Prince Ahmed | | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **accost** | past | Schaibar *not said here* | the Sultan of the Indies | | this words | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | participle | Thou *not said here* | | | | | for Schaibar | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Schaibar | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Schaibar | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **have** *in a quote* | would | thou | | | | | with Schaibar | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/27/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/)