--- title: “These are they, then,” said Schaibar, “who gave him bad,” and as he… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “These are they, then,” said Schaibar, “who gave him bad,” and as he pronounced these words he killed all the other viziers and flattering favorites of the Sultan who were Prince Ahmed’s enemies. Who acts: These, porters, Schaibar, flattering favorites. 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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 (These, porters, Schaibar, flattering favorites), 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:pg503:53:29 # text = “These are they, then,” said Schaibar, “who gave him bad,” and as he pronounced these words he killed all the other viziers and flattering favorites of the Sultan who were Prince Ahmed’s enemies. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Schaibar Schaibar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 pronounced pronounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 viziers vizier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 flattering flattering ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 favorites favorite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 39 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | These | porters *= porter* | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | porters *= porter* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | past | | | Schaibar | | | bad *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **pronounce** | past | Schaibar | this words and flattering favorites of the Sultan and Prince Ahmed's enemies | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | past | Schaibar | all other viziers | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vizier=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | flattering favorites of the Sultan and Prince Ahmed's enemies | Prince Ahmed's enemies | | | | | tree rules | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/30/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/)