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The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1, sentence 27

At this discourse of the crier the Prince of the Indies, considering that the principal motive of his travel was to carry the Sultan, his father, home some singular rarity, thought that he could not meet with any which could give him more satisfaction.

Who acts: principal motive, crier · What happens: consider, be, think, not meet, give, discourse · To what, where: discourse, more satisfaction, crier · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (principal motive, crier), 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

casedetoblcasedetnmoddetapposcasedetnmodpunctconjmarkdetamodnsubjcasenmod:possnmodcopmarkccompdetobjpunctnmod:possappospunctapposdetamodobjpunctmarknsubjauxadvmodccompcaseoblnsubjauxconjiobjamodobjpunctrootAtADPthisDETdiscourseNOUNofADPtheDETcrierNOUNtheDETPrincePROPNofADPtheDETIndiesPROPN,PUNCTconsideringVERBthatSCONJtheDETprincipalADJmotiveNOUNofADPhisPRONtravelNOUNwasAUXtoPARTcarryVERBtheDETSultanPROPN,PUNCThisPRONfatherNOUN,PUNCThomeNOUNsomeDETsingularADJrarityNOUN,PUNCTthoughtVERBthatSCONJhePRONcouldAUXnotPARTmeetVERBwithADPanyDETwhichPRONcouldAUXgiveVERBhimPRONmoreADJsatisfactionNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_3 discoursecase
2thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 discoursedet
3discoursediscourseNOUNNumber=Sing35 thoughtobl
4ofofADP_6 criercase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 crierdet
6criercrierNOUNNumber=Sing3 discoursenmod
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 Princedet
8PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing6 crierappos
9ofofADP_11 Indiescase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 Indiesdet
11IndiesIndyPROPNNumber=Plur8 Princenmod
12,,PUNCT_13 consideringpunct
13consideringconsiderVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 discourseconj
14thatthatSCONJ_23 carrymark
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 motivedet
16principalprincipalADJDegree=Pos17 motiveamod
17motivemotiveNOUNNumber=Sing23 carrynsubj
18ofofADP_20 travelcase
19hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 travelnmod:poss
20traveltravelNOUNNumber=Sing17 motivenmod
21wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 carrycop
22totoPART_23 carrymark
23carrycarryVERBVerbForm=Inf13 consideringccomp
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 Sultandet
25SultanSultanPROPNNumber=Sing23 carryobj
26,,PUNCT_28 fatherpunct
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 fathernmod:poss
28fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing25 Sultanappos
29,,PUNCT_30 homepunct
30homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing25 Sultanappos
31somesomeDETPronType=Ind33 raritydet
32singularsingularADJDegree=Pos33 rarityamod
33rarityrarityNOUNNumber=Sing23 carryobj
34,,PUNCT_3 discoursepunct
35thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
36thatthatSCONJ_40 meetmark
37hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 meetnsubj
38couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin40 meetaux
39notnotPARTPolarity=Neg40 meetadvmod
40meetmeetVERBVerbForm=Inf35 thoughtccomp
41withwithADP_42 anycase
42anyanyDETPronType=Ind40 meetobl
43whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel45 givensubj
44couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin45 giveaux
45givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf40 meetconj
46himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 giveiobj
47moremoreADJDegree=Cmp48 satisfactionamod
48satisfactionsatisfactionNOUNNumber=Sing45 giveobj
49..PUNCT_35 thoughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1considergerundvn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2ispastthe principal motive of crier's travelcarry propertytree rules
3think speech: otherpastthis discourse of the criervn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4not meetcouldcrierwith anyvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with any=Co-Agent
5givecouldmore satisfactioncriervn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient satisfaction=Theme
6discoursethe criernom discourse «communication transitive»: of=patient
7travelcriernom travel «act 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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