--- title: “No, no,” replied the fairy, “I will satisfy the sultan, and whateve… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “No, no,” replied the fairy, “I will satisfy the sultan, and whatever advice the sorceress may give him (for I see that he harkens to her counsel) he shall find no fault with you or me. Who acts: fairy, whatever, sorceress, sultan. 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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 (fairy, whatever, sorceress, sultan), 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:pg65965:14:56 # text = “No, no,” replied the fairy, “I will satisfy the sultan, and whatever advice the sorceress may give him (for I see that he harkens to her counsel) he shall find no fault with you or me. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 satisfy satisfy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sorceress sorceress NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 harkens harken VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 32 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the fairy | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **satisfy** *in a quote* | future | the fairy *= fairy* | the sultan | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sultan=Experiencer | | 3 | **advice** *in a quote* | | whatever | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | may | the sorceress | advice *not said here* | sultan | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | present | the fairy *= fairy* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **harken** *in a quote* | present | sultan | | | | | to fairy's counsel | tree rules | | 7 | **find** *in a quote* | shall | sultan | no fault | | | | with you | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Topic | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)