The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2, sentence 59
He blessed the moment that he thought of seeking after his arrow a second time, and, yielding to his love, “Madam,” replied he, “should I all my life have the happiness of being your slave, and the admirer of the many charms which ravish my soul, I should think myself the most blessed of men.
Who acts: Prince, many charms · What happens: bless, think, seek, yield, reply, have · To what, where: happiness, soul, Prince · 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, many charms), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 blessed | nsubj |
| 2 | blessed | bless | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 moment | det |
| 4 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 blessed | obj |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 thought | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 thought | nsubj |
| 7 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 blessed | advcl |
| 8 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 9 seeking | mark |
| 9 | seeking | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 thought | xcomp |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 arrow | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 arrow | nmod:poss |
| 12 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seeking | obl |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 time | det |
| 14 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 15 time | amod |
| 15 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seeking | obl:unmarked |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 yielding | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 yielding | cc |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 yielding | punct |
| 19 | yielding | yield | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 28 replied | ccomp |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 love | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 love | nmod:poss |
| 22 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 yielding | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 Madam | punct |
| 24 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 Madam | punct |
| 25 | Madam | madam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 love | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 yielding | punct |
| 27 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 yielding | punct |
| 28 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 blessed | parataxis |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 replied | nsubj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 think | punct |
| 31 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 59 think | punct |
| 32 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 have | aux |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 have | nsubj |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 life | det:predet |
| 35 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 life | nmod:poss |
| 36 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 I | obl:unmarked |
| 37 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 59 think | advcl |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 happiness | det |
| 39 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 have | obj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 slave | case |
| 41 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 43 slave | cop |
| 42 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 slave | nmod:poss |
| 43 | slave | slave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 happiness | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 admirer | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 admirer | cc |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 admirer | det |
| 47 | admirer | admirer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 have | conj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 charms | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 charms | det |
| 50 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 charms | amod |
| 51 | charms | charm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 admirer | nmod |
| 52 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 53 ravish | nsubj |
| 53 | ravish | ravish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 charms | acl:relcl |
| 54 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 soul | nmod:poss |
| 55 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 ravish | obj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 have | punct |
| 57 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 59 think | nsubj |
| 58 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 59 think | aux |
| 59 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 replied | conj |
| 60 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 59 think | obj |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 blessed | det |
| 62 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 63 blessed | advmod |
| 63 | blessed | bless | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 59 think | ccomp |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 men | case |
| 65 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 blessed | obl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 blessed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bless | past | Prince | moment | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | Prince | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | seek | gerund | Prince not said here | after Prince's arrow; time | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | yield | gerund | to Prince's love and Madam | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to love=Theme | |||||
| 5 | reply speech: assert | past | Prince | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | have in a quote | should | Prince | the happiness | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Patient | ||||
| 7 | is in a quote | gerund | of your slave | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | ravish in a quote | present | the many charms | my soul | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus soul=Experiencer | ||||
| 9 | think speech: other in a quote | should | Prince | Prince | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent myself=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 10 | bless in a quote | participle | of men | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | love | Prince | nom love «feeling 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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