The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2, sentence 29

The Sultan did not make them wait long for him, and as soon as he arrived Prince Houssain, as the eldest, took his bow and arrow and shot first; Prince Ali shot next, and much beyond him; and Prince Ahmed last of all, but it so happened that nobody could see where his arrow fell; and, notwithstanding all the diligence that was used by himself and everybody else, it was not to be found far or near.

Who acts: Sultan, horses, Ali, it, nobody, arrow · What happens: not make, not wait, arrive, take, shoot, happen · To what, where: horses, Houssain, bow, much, diligence

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 (Sultan, horses, Ali, it), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sultan	det
2	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 make	advmod
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	xcomp
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 wait	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wait	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 arrived	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 arrived	cc
13	as	as	ADV	_	14 soon	advmod
14	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 arrived	advmod
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 arrived	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 arrived	nsubj
17	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 make	parataxis
18	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Houssain	nmod:desc
19	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 arrived	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 eldest	punct
21	as	as	ADP	_	23 eldest	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 eldest	det
23	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 arrived	advcl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 took	punct
25	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 arrived	conj
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 bow	nmod:poss
27	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 took	obj
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 arrow	cc
29	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 bow	conj
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 shot	cc
31	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 took	conj
32	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	31 shot	advmod
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 shot	punct
34	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 Ali	nmod:desc
35	Ali	Ali	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 shot	nsubj
36	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 make	parataxis
37	next	next	ADV	_	36 shot	advmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 much	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 much	cc
40	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 shot	obj
41	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	42 him	case
42	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 much	nmod
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 Ahmed	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 Ahmed	cc
45	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 Ahmed	compound
46	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 shot	obl
47	last	last	ADV	_	36 shot	advmod
48	of	of	ADP	_	49 all	case
49	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	47 last	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 happened	punct
51	but	but	CCONJ	_	54 happened	cc
52	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 happened	nsubj
53	so	so	ADV	_	54 happened	advmod
54	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 shot	conj
55	that	that	SCONJ	_	58 see	mark
56	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	58 see	nsubj
57	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 see	aux
58	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 happened	advcl
59	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	62 fell	advmod
60	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 arrow	nmod:poss
61	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 fell	nsubj
62	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 see	advcl
63	;	;	PUNCT	_	66 notwithstanding	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 notwithstanding	cc
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 notwithstanding	punct
66	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	36 shot	conj
67	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	69 diligence	det:predet
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 diligence	det
69	diligence	diligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 notwithstanding	obj
70	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	72 used	nsubj:pass
71	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 used	aux:pass
72	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	69 diligence	acl:relcl
73	by	by	ADP	_	74 himself	case
74	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	72 used	obl
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 everybody	cc
76	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	74 himself	conj
77	else	else	ADV	_	76 everybody	advmod
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 found	punct
79	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	84 found	nsubj:pass
80	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	84 found	aux:pass
81	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	84 found	advmod
82	to	to	PART	_	84 found	mark
83	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	84 found	aux:pass
84	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	66 notwithstanding	parataxis
85	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	84 found	advmod
86	or	or	CCONJ	_	87 near	cc
87	near	near	ADV	_	85 far	conj
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not make	past · do-support	the Sultan	horses = horse		tree rules
2	not wait	infinitive	horses = horse not said here		for Sultan; long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	arrive	past	Sultan	Houssain Prince	soon property	tree rules
4	take	past	Sultan not said here	Prince's bow and arrow		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme
5	shoot	past	Sultan not said here		first property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	shoot	past	Ali Prince	much	beyond Prince; Prince Ahmed obl; last, next property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent much=Theme beyond he=Destination
7	happen	past	it			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	see	could	nobody			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
9	fall	past	Prince's arrow			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	notwithstand	gerund	Ali Prince not said here	all diligence		tree rules
11	use	past · passive	arrow	all diligence		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
12	not find	past · passive		diligence	far property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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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