The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2, sentence 16

After the usual ceremonies and compliments the Princes presented each his rarity: Prince Houssain his tapestry, which he had taken care not to leave behind him in the Princess’s chamber; Prince Ali his ivory perspective glass, and Prince Ahmed his artificial apple; and after each had commended their present, when they put it into the Sultan’s hands, they begged of him to pronounce their fate, and declare to which of them he would give the Princess Nouronnihar for a wife, according to his promise.

Who acts: women, Princes, Prince Ahmed, Ali, Prince · What happens: compliment, present, take, not leave, apple, commend · To what, where: rarity, Houssain tapestry, chamber, each, present, hands · 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 (women, Princes, Prince Ahmed, Ali), 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	After	after	ADP	_	4 ceremonies	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ceremonies	det
3	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ceremonies	amod
4	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 begged	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 compliments	cc
6	compliments	compliment	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ceremonies	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Princes	det
8	Princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 presented	nsubj
9	presented	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 compliments	ccomp
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 rarity	det
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 rarity	nmod:poss
12	rarity	rarity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 presented	obj
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 tapestry	punct
14	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Houssain	nmod:desc
15	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 tapestry	compound
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 tapestry	nmod:poss
17	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ceremonies	appos
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 taken	punct
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 taken	nsubj:pass
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 taken	nsubj
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 taken	aux
22	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 tapestry	acl:relcl
23	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 taken	obj
24	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	26 leave	advmod
25	to	to	PART	_	26 leave	mark
26	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 taken	advcl
27	behind	behind	ADP	_	28 him	case
28	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 leave	obl
29	in	in	ADP	_	33 chamber	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 Princess	det
31	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 chamber	nmod:poss
32	’s	's	PART	_	31 Princess	case
33	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 leave	obl
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 Ali	punct
35	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 Ali	nmod:desc
36	Ali	Ali	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ceremonies	nmod
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 glass	nmod:poss
38	ivory	ivory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 glass	amod
39	perspective	perspective	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 glass	compound
40	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 Ali	appos
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 apple	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 apple	cc
43	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 Ahmed	compound
44	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 apple	nsubj
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 apple	nmod:poss
46	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 apple	amod
47	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 Ali	conj
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 commended	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 commended	cc
50	after	after	SCONJ	_	53 commended	mark
51	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	53 commended	nsubj:pass
52	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 commended	aux
53	commended	commend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 Ali	acl:relcl
54	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 present	nmod:poss
55	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 commended	obj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 put	punct
57	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	59 put	advmod
58	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 put	nsubj
59	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 present	acl:relcl
60	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 put	obj
61	into	into	ADP	_	65 hands	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 Sultan	det
63	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 hands	nmod:poss
64	’s	's	PART	_	63 Sultan	case
65	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 put	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ceremonies	punct
67	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 begged	nsubj
68	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
69	of	of	ADP	_	70 him	case
70	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 begged	obl
71	to	to	PART	_	72 pronounce	mark
72	pronounce	pronounce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 begged	advcl
73	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	74 fate	nmod:poss
74	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 pronounce	obj
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 declare	punct
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 declare	cc
77	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 begged	conj
78	to	to	ADP	_	79 which	case
79	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	84 give	obj
80	of	of	ADP	_	81 them	case
81	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 which	obl
82	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	84 give	nsubj
83	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	84 give	aux
84	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	77 declare	ccomp
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 Nouronnihar	det
86	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	87 Nouronnihar	compound
87	Nouronnihar	Nouronnihar	PROPN	Number=Sing	84 give	obj
88	for	for	ADP	_	90 wife	case
89	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	90 wife	det
90	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 give	obl
91	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 promise	punct
92	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	95 promise	case
93	to	to	ADP	_	92 according	fixed
94	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	95 promise	nmod:poss
95	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 wife	conj
96	.	.	PUNCT	_	68 begged	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compliment	present	women = woman not said here					tree rules
2	present	past	the Princes	Prince's rarity				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rarity=Theme
3	take	past · perfect · passive		Prince's Houssain tapestry				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme care=Destination
4	not leave	to-infinitive					in the Princess's chamber result; behind Prince	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in chamber=Result
5	apple		Prince Ahmed					tree rules
6	commend	past · perfect · passive	Ali Prince and Prince's artificial apple not said here	each				tree rules
7	put	past	women = woman	present	the Sultan's hands			vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal
8	beg speech: request	past	women = woman			after the usual ceremonies Ali Prince and Prince's artificial apple	of Prince	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent
9	pronounce	to-infinitive	women = woman not said here	women's fate				vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
10	declare speech: other	infinitive	women = woman not said here					vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
11	give	would	Prince	the Princess Nouronnihar			for a wife and Prince's promise	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent which=Recipient nouronnihar=Theme for wife=Asset
12	accord	gerund						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
13	fate		women = woman					nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent
14	promise		Prince					nom promise «communication transitive»: 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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