--- title: When this terrible execution was over Schaibar came out of the counc… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When this terrible execution was over Schaibar came out of the council-hall into the midst of the courtyard with the iron bar upon his shoulder, and, looking hard at the grand vizier, who owed his life to Prince Ahmed, he said: “I know here is a certain magician, who is a greater enemy of my brother --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fair…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/) / 31 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5, sentence 31 When this terrible execution was over Schaibar came out of the council-hall into the midst of the courtyard with the iron bar upon his shoulder, and, looking hard at the grand vizier, who owed his life to Prince Ahmed, he said: “I know here is a certain magician, who is a greater enemy of my brother-in-law than all these base favorites I have chastised. **Who acts:** terrible execution, grand vizier, Schaibar, certain magician · **What happens:** come out, look, owe, say, know, be · **To what, where:** council hall, midst, life, Prince Ahmed, certain magician, greater enemy · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (terrible execution, grand vizier, Schaibar, certain magician), 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:pg503:53:31 # text = When this terrible execution was over Schaibar came out of the council-hall into the midst of the courtyard with the iron bar upon his shoulder, and, looking hard at the grand vizier, who owed his life to Prince Ahmed, he said: “I know here is a certain magician, who is a greater enemy of my brother-in-law than all these base favorites I have chastised. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 execution execution NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Schaibar Schaibar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 bar bar NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 32 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 owed owe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 49 “ " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 parataxis _ _ 52 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 53 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 62 amod _ _ 62 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ SpaceAfter=No 68 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ _ 70 than than ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 71 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 74 det:predet _ _ 72 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 74 det _ _ 73 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 compound _ _ 74 favorites favorite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ _ 75 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 76 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 77 chastised chastise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 74 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | this terrible execution over Schaibar | the council hall | | the midst of the courtyard with the iron bar upon Schaibar's shoulder | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient hall=Result | | 2 | **look** | gerund | this terrible execution over Schaibar *not said here* | | | | | at the grand vizier; hard *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at vizier=Theme | | 3 | **owe** | past | the grand vizier | Schaibar's life | Prince Ahmed | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent life=Theme to ahmed=Goal | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Schaibar | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Schaibar | | | here | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a certain magician and a greater enemy | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a certain magician and a greater enemy | a greater enemy | | | | of my brother and law; than all base favorites | tree rules | | 8 | **chastise** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Schaibar | all base favorites *not said here* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favorite=Theme | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/32/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/)