--- title: As for Prince Ali and Princess Nouronnihar, as they had no hand in t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As for Prince Ali and Princess Nouronnihar, as they had no hand in the conspiracy against Prince Ahmed and knew nothing of any, Prince Ahmed assigned them a considerable province, with its capital, where they spent the rest of their lives. Who acts: Ali, Prince Ahmed. 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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 (Ali, Prince Ahmed), 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:pg503:53:37 # text = As for Prince Ali and Princess Nouronnihar, as they had no hand in the conspiracy against Prince Ahmed and knew nothing of any, Prince Ahmed assigned them a considerable province, with its capital, where they spent the rest of their lives. 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 conspiracy conspiracy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 against against ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 22 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 assigned assign VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 province province NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Ali | no hand | | the conspiracy against Prince Ahmed | | as Ali Prince and Princess | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 2 | **know** | past | Ali *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 3 | **assign** | past | Prince Ahmed | Ali | | | | with province's capital | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal province=Theme | | 4 | **spend** | past | Ali | the rest of Ali's lives | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Asset | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/38/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/)