The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1, sentence 52

“I am,” said the Prince, “ready to make you all imaginable reparation for the scandal I have thrown on you if you will make the truth of what you advance appear,” and as he had the ivory pipe in his hand, after he had looked at the two glasses he said: “Show me at which of these ends I must look that I may be satisfied.”

Who acts: Prince, you, sir, crier · What happens: say, make, throw, advance, appear, have · To what, where: imaginable reparation, you, scandal, truth, ivory pipe, hand · 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 (Prince, you, sir, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 am	nsubj
3	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 said	ccomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 am	punct
5	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 am	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Prince	det
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ready	punct
10	“	"	PUNCT	_	11 ready	punct
11	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 appear	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	13 make	mark
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ready	xcomp
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 make	obj
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 reparation	det
16	imaginable	imaginable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 reparation	amod
17	reparation	reparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 make	obj
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 scandal	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 scandal	det
20	scandal	scandal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 reparation	nmod
21	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 thrown	nsubj
22	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 thrown	aux
23	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 scandal	acl:relcl
24	on	on	ADP	_	25 you	case
25	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	23 thrown	obl
26	if	if	SCONJ	_	29 make	mark
27	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	29 make	nsubj
28	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 make	aux
29	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 make	advcl
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 truth	det
31	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 make	obj
32	of	of	ADP	_	33 what	case
33	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 truth	nmod
34	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	35 advance	nsubj
35	advance	advance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 what	acl:relcl
36	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 said	ccomp
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 appear	punct
38	”	"	PUNCT	_	36 appear	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 had	cc
40	as	as	SCONJ	_	42 had	mark
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 had	nsubj
42	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 appear	conj
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 pipe	det
44	ivory	ivory	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 pipe	compound
45	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 had	obj
46	in	in	ADP	_	48 hand	case
47	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 hand	nmod:poss
48	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 pipe	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 looked	punct
50	after	after	SCONJ	_	53 looked	mark
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 looked	nsubj
52	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 looked	aux
53	looked	look	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	42 had	conj
54	at	at	ADP	_	57 glasses	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 glasses	det
56	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	57 glasses	nummod
57	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 looked	obl
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 said	nsubj
59	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 glasses	acl:relcl
60	:	:	PUNCT	_	62 Show	punct
61	“	"	PUNCT	_	62 Show	punct
62	Show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	42 had	parataxis
63	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	62 Show	iobj
64	at	at	ADP	_	65 which	case
65	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	71 look	obl
66	of	of	ADP	_	68 ends	case
67	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	68 ends	det
68	ends	end	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 look	obl
69	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	71 look	nsubj
70	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	71 look	aux
71	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 Show	parataxis
72	that	that	SCONJ	_	76 satisfied	mark
73	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	76 satisfied	nsubj
74	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	76 satisfied	aux
75	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	76 satisfied	cop
76	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 look	advcl
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
78	”	"	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Prince						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make in a quote	to-infinitive		all imaginable reparation	you				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary reparation=Product
3	throw in a quote	present · perfect	the Prince = prince	the scandal not said here				on you	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent scandal=Theme on you=Destination
4	make a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	future	you	the truth					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Product
5	advance in a quote	present	you						vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
6	appear in a quote	present							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	have	past	sir	the ivory pipe		sir's hand			tree rules
8	look	past · perfect	sir					at the two glasses	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at glass=Theme
9	say speech: assert	past	sir	the two glasses not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent glass=Topic
10	show in a quote	infinitive			the crier = crier				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
11	look in a quote	must	the crier = crier				of this ends		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at which=Theme
12	is in a quote	may	the crier = crier					satisfied property	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 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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