--- title: The grand vizier immediately sent for her, and as soon as she was br… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The grand vizier immediately sent for her, and as soon as she was brought Schaibar said, at the time he fetched a stroke at her with his iron bar: “Take the reward of thy pernicious counsel, and learn to feign sickness again.” Who acts: grand vizier, Schaibar. 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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 (grand vizier, Schaibar), 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:pg503:53:33 # text = The grand vizier immediately sent for her, and as soon as she was brought Schaibar said, at the time he fetched a stroke at her with his iron bar: “Take the reward of thy pernicious counsel, and learn to feign sickness again.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 10 as as ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ _ 16 Schaibar Schaibar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 fetched fetch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 bar bar NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 pernicious pernicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 feign feign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the grand vizier | | | | | for execution; immediately *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bring** | past · passive | | vizier | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Schaibar | | | | | soon *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **fetch** | past | Schaibar | a stroke | | | time | at vizier; with Schaibar's iron bar | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent stroke=Theme at she=Asset | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the reward of thy pernicious counsel | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | | 6 | **learn** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **feign** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | sickness | | | again | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sickness=Patient | | 8 | **reward** *in a quote* | | | thy pernicious counsel | | | | | nom reward «event transitive»: of=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/34/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/)