The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1, sentence 60

“Sir,” said the crier, giving it into his hand, “if you look at the outside of this apple, it is very worthless, but if you consider its properties, virtues, and the great use and benefit it is to mankind, you will say it is no price for it, and that he who possesses it is master of a great treasure.

Who acts: Sir, you, apple, great use · What happens: say, give, look, be, consider, benefit · To what, where: crier, apple, hand, properties, price, master · 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 (Sir, you, apple, great use), 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	_	5 said	punct
2	Sir	sir	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Sir	punct
4	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 Sir	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crier	det
7	crier	crier	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 giving	punct
9	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 said	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 giving	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 hand	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hand	nmod:poss
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 giving	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 worthless	punct
15	“	"	PUNCT	_	29 worthless	punct
16	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 look	mark
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 look	nsubj
18	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 worthless	advcl
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 outside	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 outside	det
21	outside	outside	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 look	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 apple	case
23	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 apple	det
24	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 outside	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 look	punct
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 worthless	nsubj
27	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 worthless	cop
28	very	very	ADV	_	29 worthless	advmod
29	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 giving	conj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 consider	punct
31	but	but	CCONJ	_	34 consider	cc
32	if	if	SCONJ	_	34 consider	mark
33	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	34 consider	nsubj
34	consider	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
35	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 properties	nmod:poss
36	properties	property	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 consider	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 virtues	punct
38	virtues	virtue	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 properties	conj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 say	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 say	cc
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 use	det
42	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 use	amod
43	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 say	nsubj
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 benefit	cc
45	benefit	benefit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 use	acl
46	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 mankind	nsubj
47	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 mankind	cop
48	to	to	ADP	_	49 mankind	case
49	mankind	mankind	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 benefit	ccomp
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 use	punct
51	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	53 say	nsubj
52	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 say	aux
53	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 consider	conj
54	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 price	nsubj
55	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 price	cop
56	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	57 price	det
57	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 say	parataxis
58	for	for	ADP	_	59 it	case
59	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 price	nmod
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 possesses	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 possesses	cc
62	that	that	SCONJ	_	65 possesses	mark
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 possesses	nsubj
64	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	65 possesses	nsubj
65	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 consider	conj
66	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 master	nsubj
67	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	68 master	cop
68	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 possesses	obj
69	of	of	ADP	_	72 treasure	case
70	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	72 treasure	det
71	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 treasure	amod
72	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 master	nmod
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Sir	the crier			tree rules
2	give	gerund	Sir not said here	apple	sir's hand		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	look a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you			at the outside of this apple	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at outside=Theme
4	is in a quote	present	apple			worthless property	tree rules
5	consider a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you	apple's properties and virtues			vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent property=Attribute
6	benefit in a quote	infinitive	the great use not said here				vn benefit-72.2 «NP V»: agent=Beneficiary
7	is in a quote	present	apple			to mankind	tree rules
8	say speech: assert in a quote	future	the great use				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
9	is a in a quote	present	apple	no price		for virtue	tree rules
10	possess in a quote	present	sir				vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
11	is a in a quote	present	apple	master		of a great treasure	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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