The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2, sentence 8

In short, the experiment succeeded, and the Prince, after he had counted out to the crier forty purses, and he had delivered the apple to him, waited patiently for the first caravan that should return to the Indies, and arrived in perfect health at the inn where the Princes Houssain and Ali waited for him.

Who acts: experiment, crier, first caravan, Princes · What happens: succeed, count out, deliver, wait, return, arrive · To what, where: short, Prince, apple, perfect health

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 (experiment, crier, first caravan, Princes), 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 short	case
2	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 succeeded	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 short	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 experiment	det
5	experiment	experiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 succeeded	nsubj
6	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 counted	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 counted	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Prince	det
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 counted	nsubj:pass
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 counted	punct
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 counted	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 counted	nsubj
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 counted	aux
15	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 succeeded	conj
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 counted	compound:prt
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 crier	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 crier	det
19	crier	crier	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 counted	obl
20	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 purses	nummod
21	purses	purse	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 crier	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 delivered	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 delivered	cc
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 delivered	nsubj
25	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 delivered	aux
26	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 succeeded	conj
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 apple	det
28	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 delivered	obj
29	to	to	ADP	_	30 him	case
30	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 delivered	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 waited	punct
32	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 succeeded	conj
33	patiently	patiently	ADV	_	32 waited	advmod
34	for	for	ADP	_	37 caravan	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 caravan	det
36	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	37 caravan	amod
37	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 waited	obl
38	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 return	nsubj
39	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 return	aux
40	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 caravan	acl:relcl
41	to	to	ADP	_	43 Indies	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 Indies	det
43	Indies	indy	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 return	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 arrived	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 arrived	cc
46	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 succeeded	conj
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 health	case
48	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 health	amod
49	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 arrived	obl
50	at	at	ADP	_	52 inn	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 inn	det
52	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 arrived	obl
53	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	59 waited	advmod
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 Princes	det
55	Princes	Prince	PROPN	Number=Plur	59 waited	nsubj
56	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 waited	nsubj
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 Ali	cc
58	Ali	Ali	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 Houssain	conj
59	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 inn	acl:relcl
60	for	for	ADP	_	61 him	case
61	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 waited	obl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 succeeded	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	succeed	past	the experiment			short		vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in short=Eventuality
2	count out	past · perfect · passive		the Prince			to the crier and forty purses	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme to crier=be'
3	deliver	past · perfect	crier	the apple	Prince			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent apple=Theme to he=Destination
4	wait	past	the experiment not said here				for the first caravan; patiently property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	return	should	the first caravan				to the Indies result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to indy=Result
6	arrive	past	the experiment not said here			perfect health	at the inn	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	wait	past	the Princes				for crier	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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