The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2, sentence 1
“If I may believe you,” replied Prince Ahmed, “the virtues of this apple are wonderful, and it is invaluable; but what ground have I, for all you tell me, to be persuaded of the truth of this matter?”
Who acts: Prince Ahmed, virtues, apple, ground, you · What happens: believe, reply, be, have, tell, persuade · To what, where: you, Prince Ahmed · 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 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince Ahmed, virtues, apple, ground), 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 | _ | 9 replied | punct |
| 2 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 believe | mark |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 believe | nsubj |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 believe | aux |
| 5 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 replied | advcl |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 believe | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 believe | punct |
| 8 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 believe | punct |
| 9 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Ahmed | compound |
| 11 | Ahmed | Ahmed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 replied | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 wonderful | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 wonderful | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 virtues | det |
| 15 | virtues | virtue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 wonderful | nsubj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 apple | case |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 apple | det |
| 18 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 virtues | nmod |
| 19 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 wonderful | cop |
| 20 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 replied | parataxis |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 invaluable | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 invaluable | cc |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 invaluable | nsubj |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 invaluable | cop |
| 25 | invaluable | invaluable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 wonderful | conj |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 what | punct |
| 27 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 what | cc |
| 28 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 replied | parataxis |
| 29 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 have | nsubj |
| 30 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 what | acl:relcl |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 have | nsubj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 all | punct |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 all | case |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 what | appos |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 tell | nsubj |
| 36 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 all | acl:relcl |
| 37 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 tell | iobj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 persuaded | punct |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 persuaded | mark |
| 40 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 41 persuaded | aux:pass |
| 41 | persuaded | persuade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 tell | ccomp |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 truth | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 truth | det |
| 44 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 persuaded | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 matter | case |
| 46 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 47 matter | det |
| 47 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 truth | nmod |
| 48 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 41 persuaded | punct |
| 49 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 what | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | may | Prince Ahmed = ahmed | you | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | reply speech: ask | past | Prince Ahmed | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | the virtues of this apple | wonderful property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | apple | invaluable property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | have in a quote | present | ground | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | tell speech: assert in a quote | present | you | Prince Ahmed = ahmed | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | persuade not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive · passive | of the truth of this matter | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP» |
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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