--- title: They argued on for some time, but at length, when the Caliph saw pla… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They argued on for some time, but at length, when the Caliph saw plainly that his Vizier would rather remain a stork to the end of his days than marry the owl, he determined to fulfil the condition himself. Who acts: Caliph, Vizier. 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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 (Caliph, Vizier), 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:pg7277:7:150 # text = They argued on for some time, but at length, when the Caliph saw plainly that his Vizier would rather remain a stork to the end of his days than marry the owl, he determined to fulfil the condition himself. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 argued argue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 plainly plainly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 Vizier Vizier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 rather rather ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 than than SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 fulfil fulfil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue on** *speech: disagree* | past | Caliph | | | | time | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | past | the Caliph | | | length | | plainly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **remain** | would | pig's Vizier | a stork | | | to the end of pig's days | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stork=Attribute | | 4 | **marry** | infinitive | pig's Vizier *not said here* | the owl | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owl=Patient | | 5 | **determine** | past | Vizier | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **fulfil** | to-infinitive | Vizier *not said here* | the condition | | | | pig *obl:unmarked* | tree rules | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/149/) - next →: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/151/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Caliph Stork](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/)