The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1, sentence 36

Prince Houssain might have made a longer abode in the kingdom and Court of Bisnagar, but he was so eager to be nearer the Princess that, spreading the tapestry, he and the officer he had brought with him sat down, and as soon as he had formed his wish were transported to the inn at which he and his brothers were to meet, and where he passed for a merchant till they came.

Who acts: Houssain, Princess, tapestries, Bisnagar · What happens: make, be, spread, bring, sit down, form · To what, where: Houssain, tapestry, officer, wish, inn

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 (Houssain, Princess, tapestries, Bisnagar), 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	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Houssain	nmod:desc
2	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	aux
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 abode	det
7	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 abode	amod
8	abode	abode	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 kingdom	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kingdom	det
11	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 abode	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Court	cc
13	Court	Court	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 kingdom	appos
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Bisnagar	case
15	Bisnagar	Bisnagar	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Court	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 eager	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	21 eager	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 eager	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 eager	cop
20	so	so	ADV	_	21 eager	advmod
21	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 made	conj
22	to	to	PART	_	24 nearer	mark
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 nearer	cop
24	nearer	near	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	21 eager	advcl
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 Princess	det
26	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 nearer	nsubj
27	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	42 sat	nsubj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 spreading	punct
29	spreading	spread	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	42 sat	advcl
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 tapestry	det
31	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 spreading	obj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 spreading	punct
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 sat	nsubj
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 officer	cc
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 officer	det
36	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 he	conj
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 brought	nsubj
38	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 brought	aux
39	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	36 officer	acl:relcl
40	with	with	ADP	_	41 him	case
41	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 brought	obl
42	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 Princess	acl:relcl
43	down	down	ADP	_	42 sat	compound:prt
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 transported	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 transported	cc
46	as	as	ADV	_	47 soon	advmod
47	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	55 transported	advmod
48	as	as	SCONJ	_	51 formed	mark
49	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 formed	nsubj
50	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 formed	aux
51	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	47 soon	advcl
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 wish	nmod:poss
53	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 formed	obj
54	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 transported	aux:pass
55	transported	transport	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 made	conj
56	to	to	ADP	_	58 inn	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 inn	det
58	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 transported	obl
59	at	at	ADP	_	60 which	case
60	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	67 meet	obl
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 meet	nsubj
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 brothers	cc
63	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 brothers	nmod:poss
64	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 he	conj
65	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 meet	aux
66	to	to	PART	_	67 meet	mark
67	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 inn	acl:relcl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 passed	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 passed	cc
70	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	72 passed	advmod
71	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 passed	nsubj
72	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	parataxis
73	for	for	ADP	_	75 merchant	case
74	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	75 merchant	det
75	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 passed	obl
76	till	till	SCONJ	_	78 came	mark
77	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 came	nsubj
78	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 passed	advcl
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	might · perfect · passive		Houssain Prince			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary abode=Product
2	is	past	Houssain			eager property	tree rules
3	is	to-infinitive	the Princess			near property	tree rules
4	spread	gerund	the Princess not said here	the tapestry			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tapestry=Theme
5	bring	past · perfect	Houssain	the officer not said here		with Bisnagar	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent officer=Theme
6	sit down	past	the Princess				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	form	past · perfect	Houssain	Bisnagar's wish			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wish=Theme
8	transport	past · passive				to the inn; soon property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
9	meet	past	Houssain		the inn		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	pass	past	Houssain			for a merchant	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	come	past	tapestries = tapestry				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	wish		Bisnagar				nom wish «feeling 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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