--- title: Prince Ahmed stayed but three days at his father’s court and on the… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Ahmed stayed but three days at his father’s court and on the fourth returned to the fairy Perie Banou, who received him with the greater joy, as she did not expect him so soon. Who acts: Prince Ahmed, fourth, Perie, presence. 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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 Ahmed, fourth, Perie, presence), 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:pg65965:13:20 # text = Prince Ahmed stayed but three days at his father’s court and on the fourth returned to the fairy Perie Banou, who received him with the greater joy, as she did not expect him so soon. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 fourth fourth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 Perie Perie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 21 Banou Banou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 amod _ _ 29 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | Prince Ahmed | | | Ahmed's father's court | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at court=Location | | 2 | **return** | past | the fourth | | | | | to the fairy *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to fairy=Result | | 3 | **receive** | past | Perie | fourth | | | | with the greater joy | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **not** **expect** | past · do-support | presence | fourth | | | | soon *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/21/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)