--- title: Prince Ahmed, who had believed that the sultan his father would be s… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Ahmed, who had believed that the sultan his father would be satisfied with so remarkable and useful a tent as the one he had brought, and that he would not impose any new task upon him which might hazard the fairy’s displeasure, was thunderstruck at this new request. 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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 (sultan, father, new task, 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:pg65965:14:48 # text = Prince Ahmed, who had believed that the sultan his father would be satisfied with so remarkable and useful a tent as the one he had brought, and that he would not impose any new task upon him which might hazard the fairy’s displeasure, was thunderstruck at this new request. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 remarkable remarkable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 impose impose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 35 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 36 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 hazard hazard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’s 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 displeasure displeasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 thunderstruck thunderstruck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 52 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past · perfect · passive | | Prince Ahmed | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | would | the sultan | | | | | with a remarkable tent as the one; sultan's father *nsubj*; satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | past · perfect | father | the one *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **not** **impose** | would | father | any new task | | | | upon sultan | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Theme | | 5 | **hazard** | might | any new task | the fairy's displeasure | | | | | vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent displeasure=Pivot | | 6 | **thunderstruck** | past · passive | | Prince Ahmed | | this new request | | | tree rules | | 7 | **displease** | | the fairy | | | | | | nom displeasure «feeling 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 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)