The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1, sentence 35

It was in his power, by sitting on his tapestry, to be at the place of meeting that very day; but, as he was obliged to stay there for his brothers, as they had agreed, and as he was curious to see the King of Bisnagar and his Court, and to inform himself of the strength, laws, customs, and religion of the kingdom, he chose to make a longer abode there, and to spend some months in satisfying his curiosity.

Who acts: arrival, power, that, tapestries, piece · What happens: be, sit, day, oblige, stay, agree · To what, where: power, tapestry, place, piece, King, longer abode

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 (arrival, power, that, tapestries), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 power	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 power	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 power	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 power	nmod:poss
5	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sitting	punct
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 sitting	mark
8	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 power	acl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 tapestry	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 tapestry	nmod:poss
11	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sitting	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 place	punct
13	to	to	PART	_	17 place	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 place	cop
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 place	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 place	det
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sitting	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 meeting	case
19	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 place	nmod
20	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 day	nsubj
21	very	very	ADV	_	22 day	advmod
22	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 meeting	obl:unmarked
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 obliged	punct
24	but	but	CCONJ	_	29 obliged	cc
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 but	punct
26	as	as	SCONJ	_	29 obliged	mark
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 obliged	nsubj
28	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 obliged	aux:pass
29	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 power	conj
30	to	to	PART	_	31 stay	mark
31	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 obliged	xcomp
32	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	31 stay	advmod
33	for	for	ADP	_	35 brothers	case
34	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 brothers	nmod:poss
35	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 stay	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 agreed	punct
37	as	as	SCONJ	_	40 agreed	mark
38	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 agreed	nsubj
39	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 agreed	aux
40	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	31 stay	advcl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 curious	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 curious	cc
43	as	as	SCONJ	_	46 curious	mark
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 curious	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 curious	cop
46	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 agreed	parataxis
47	to	to	PART	_	48 see	mark
48	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 curious	advcl
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 King	det
50	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 see	obj
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 Bisnagar	case
52	Bisnagar	Bisnagar	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 King	nmod
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 Court	cc
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 Court	nmod:poss
55	Court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 King	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 inform	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 inform	cc
58	to	to	PART	_	59 inform	mark
59	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 stay	conj
60	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	59 inform	obj
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 strength	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 strength	det
63	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 inform	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 laws	punct
65	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 strength	conj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 customs	punct
67	customs	custom	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 laws	conj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 religion	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 religion	cc
70	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 strength	conj
71	of	of	ADP	_	73 kingdom	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 kingdom	det
73	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 religion	nmod
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 chose	punct
75	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 chose	nsubj
76	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 inform	conj
77	to	to	PART	_	78 make	mark
78	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	76 chose	xcomp
79	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	81 abode	det
80	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	81 abode	amod
81	abode	abode	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 make	obj
82	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	78 make	advmod
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 spend	punct
84	and	and	CCONJ	_	86 spend	cc
85	to	to	PART	_	86 spend	mark
86	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	78 make	conj
87	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	88 months	det
88	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 spend	obj
89	in	in	SCONJ	_	90 satisfying	mark
90	satisfying	satisfy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	86 spend	advcl
91	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	92 curiosity	nmod:poss
92	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 satisfying	obj
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 power	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	arrival		piece's power			tree rules
2	sit	gerund	piece's power not said here		piece's tapestry			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tapestry=Location
3	is	to-infinitive	piece's power not said here		the place		of meeting	tree rules
4	day		that					tree rules
5	oblige	past · passive		piece				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
6	stay	to-infinitive			there		for piece's brothers	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	agree speech: agree	past · perfect	tapestries = tapestry					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	is	past	piece				curious property	tree rules
9	see	to-infinitive	piece not said here	the King of Bisnagar and piece's Court				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus
10	inform speech: other	to-infinitive		piece			of the strength and laws and customs and religion of the kingdom	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient of strength=Topic
11	choose	past	piece					tree rules
12	make	to-infinitive	piece not said here	a longer abode	there			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset abode=Product
13	spend	to-infinitive	piece not said here			month		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
14	satisfy	gerund	piece not said here	piece's curiosity				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus curiosity=Experiencer

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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