--- title: Prince Ahmed still adhered to his resolution not again to ask permis… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Ahmed still adhered to his resolution not again to ask permission to leave the fairy Perie Banou, but he frequently talked about his father, and she perceived that he retained his wish to see him. Who acts: Prince, permission, fairy. 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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 (Prince, permission, fairy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:12:80 # text = Prince Ahmed still adhered to his resolution not again to ask permission to leave the fairy Perie Banou, but he frequently talked about his father, and she perceived that he retained his wish to see him. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 adhered adhere VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 resolution resolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 12 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 Perie Perie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 18 Banou Banou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 frequently frequently ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 about about ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 retained retain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **adhere** | past | Prince | | | | still | to Prince's resolution | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to resolution=Co-Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | permission | | | again | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent permission=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | permission *not said here* | the fairy | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Theme | | 4 | **talk** | past | Prince | | | | | about Prince's father; frequently *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about father=Topic | | 5 | **perceive** | past | fairy | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **retain** | past | Prince | Prince's wish | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **resolve** | | Prince | | | | | | nom resolution «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **wish** | | Prince | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)