--- title: Afterwards he sent an officer to Prince Houssain to acquaint him wit… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Afterwards he sent an officer to Prince Houssain to acquaint him with the change and make him an offer of which province he liked best; but that Prince thought himself so happy in his solitude that he bade the officer return the Sultan his brother thanks for the kindness he designed him, assuring hi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/38/) [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/) / 38 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5, sentence 38 Afterwards he sent an officer to Prince Houssain to acquaint him with the change and make him an offer of which province he liked best; but that Prince thought himself so happy in his solitude that he bade the officer return the Sultan his brother thanks for the kindness he designed him, assuring him of his submission; and that the only favor he desired of him was to give him leave to live retired in the place he had made choice of for his retreat. **Who acts:** Ahmed, Prince, officer, brother, only favor · **What happens:** send, acquaint, make, like, think, bade · **To what, where:** officer, Prince, Ahmed, offer, best, Sultan 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 (Ahmed, Prince, officer, brother), 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:pg503:53:38 # text = Afterwards he sent an officer to Prince Houssain to acquaint him with the change and make him an offer of which province he liked best; but that Prince thought himself so happy in his solitude that he bade the officer return the Sultan his brother thanks for the kindness he designed him, assuring him of his submission; and that the only favor he desired of him was to give him leave to live retired in the place he had made choice of for his retreat. 1 Afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 Houssain Houssain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 acquaint acquaint VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 22 det _ _ 22 province province NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 solitude solitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 thanks thank VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 designed design VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 assuring assure VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 submission submission NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT : _ 72 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 62 that that SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 favor favor NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ _ 70 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 71 to to PART TO _ 72 mark _ _ 72 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 73 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 iobj _ _ 74 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 xcomp _ _ 75 to to PART TO _ 76 mark _ _ 76 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 xcomp _ _ 77 retired retire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 76 xcomp _ _ 78 in in ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ _ 81 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 83 nsubj _ _ 82 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 83 aux _ _ 83 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 80 acl:relcl _ _ 84 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 xcomp _ _ 85 of of ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 86 for for ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 87 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 88 nmod:poss _ _ 88 retreat retreat NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 89 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | Ahmed | a officer | Prince | | | afterwards *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent officer=Theme to prince=Destination | | 2 | **acquaint** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Ahmed *not said here* | | Ahmed | | | with the change | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | Ahmed *not said here* | a offer of which province | Ahmed | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary offer=Product | | 4 | **like** | past | Ahmed | best | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot good=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Prince | Ahmed | | | | happy *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme | | 6 | **bade** | past | Ahmed | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **return** | infinitive | the officer | the Sultan | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sultan=Theme | | 8 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | Ahmed's brother | | | | | for the kindness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for kindness=Attribute | | 9 | **design** | past | Ahmed | Prince | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | | 10 | **assure** | gerund | the officer *not said here* | | Ahmed | | | of Ahmed's submission | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of submission=Topic | | 11 | **desire** | past | Ahmed | the only favor *not said here* | | | | of Prince | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot favor=Theme | | 12 | **give** | past | the only favor | | Ahmed | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **leave** | infinitive | the only favor *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **live** | to-infinitive | the only favor *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 15 | **retire** | participle | the only favor *not said here* | | | the place | | | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 16 | **make** | past · perfect | Ahmed | choice of Ahmed's retreat | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Product | | 17 | **offer** | | | which province | | | | | nom offer «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 18 | **submit** | | Ahmed | | | | | | nom submission «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/39/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/)