The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3, sentence 29

A month after Prince Ahmed’s return from paying a visit to his father, as the Fairy Paribanou had observed that the Prince, since the time that he gave her an account of his journey, his discourse with his father, and the leave he asked to go and see him often, had never talked of the Sultan, as if there had been no such person in the world, whereas before he was always speaking of him, she thought he forebore on her account; therefore she took an opportunity to say to him one day: “Prince, tell me, have you forgot the Sultan your father?

Who acts: return, Paribanou, leave, fourth, Prince, Ahmed · What happens: pay, observe, give, ask, go, see · To what, where: visit, Fairy Paribanou, account, fourth, leave, Paribanou · 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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (return, Paribanou, leave, fourth), 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 month	det
2	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 return	obl:unmarked
3	after	after	ADP	_	7 return	case
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Ahmed	compound
5	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 return	nmod:poss
6	’s	's	PART	_	5 Ahmed	case
7	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	from	from	SCONJ	_	9 paying	mark
9	paying	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 return	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 visit	det
11	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 paying	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 father	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 father	nmod:poss
14	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 paying	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 observed	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	21 observed	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Paribanou	det
18	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Paribanou	compound
19	Paribanou	Paribanou	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 observed	nsubj:pass
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 observed	aux
21	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 return	acl:relcl
22	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 Prince	mark
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Prince	det
24	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 observed	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 time	punct
26	since	since	ADP	_	28 time	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 time	det
28	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 observed	obl:unmarked
29	that	that	SCONJ	_	31 gave	mark
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 gave	nsubj
31	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 time	acl:relcl
32	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 gave	iobj
33	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 account	det
34	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 gave	obj
35	of	of	ADP	_	37 journey	case
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 journey	nmod:poss
37	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 account	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 discourse	punct
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 discourse	nmod:poss
40	discourse	discourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 journey	appos
41	with	with	ADP	_	43 father	case
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 father	nmod:poss
43	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 discourse	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 talked	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 talked	cc
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 leave	det
47	leave	leave	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 talked	nsubj:pass
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 asked	nsubj
49	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 leave	acl:relcl
50	to	to	PART	_	51 go	mark
51	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 asked	xcomp
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 see	cc
53	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 go	conj
54	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 see	obj
55	often	often	ADV	_	53 see	advmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 leave	punct
57	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 talked	aux
58	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	59 talked	advmod
59	talked	talk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 return	conj
60	of	of	ADP	_	62 Sultan	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 Sultan	det
62	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 talked	obl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 person	punct
64	as	as	ADP	_	71 person	case
65	if	if	SCONJ	_	68 been	mark
66	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	68 been	expl
67	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 been	aux
68	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	71 person	cop
69	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	71 person	det
70	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 person	amod
71	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 talked	advcl
72	in	in	ADP	_	74 world	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 world	det
74	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 person	nmod
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 whereas	punct
76	whereas	wherea	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 person	conj
77	before	before	SCONJ	_	81 speaking	mark
78	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 speaking	nsubj
79	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 speaking	aux
80	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	81 speaking	advmod
81	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	86 thought	advcl
82	of	of	ADP	_	83 him	case
83	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 speaking	obl
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 speaking	punct
85	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	86 thought	nsubj
86	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 talked	advcl
87	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	88 forebore	nsubj
88	forebore	forebore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 thought	ccomp
89	on	on	ADP	_	91 account	case
90	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	91 account	nmod:poss
91	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 forebore	obl
92	;	;	PUNCT	_	95 took	punct
93	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	95 took	advmod
94	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	95 took	nsubj
95	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 thought	parataxis
96	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	97 opportunity	det
97	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 took	obj
98	to	to	PART	_	99 say	mark
99	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	97 opportunity	acl
100	to	to	ADP	_	101 him	case
101	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	99 say	obl
102	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	103 day	nummod
103	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 say	obl:unmarked
104	:	:	PUNCT	_	108 tell	punct
105	“	"	PUNCT	_	108 tell	punct
106	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	108 tell	nsubj
107	,	,	PUNCT	_	106 Prince	punct
108	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	95 took	conj
109	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	108 tell	iobj
110	,	,	PUNCT	_	111 have	punct
111	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	108 tell	ccomp
112	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	113 forgot	nsubj
113	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	111 have	ccomp
114	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	115 Sultan	det
115	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	113 forgot	obj
116	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	117 father	nmod:poss
117	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	111 have	obj
118	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 return	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	gerund	Prince Ahmed's return not said here	a visit				to Ahmed's father	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset
2	observe	past · perfect · passive	Prince Ahmed's return not said here	the Fairy Paribanou			time	the Prince obl	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
3	give	past	Paribanou	a account of Ahmed's journey	fourth				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient account=Theme
4	ask speech: ask	past	Paribanou	the leave not said here					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent leave=Recipient clause=Topic
5	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	the leave not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	see	infinitive	the leave not said here	Paribanou				often property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
7	not talk	past · perfect · passive		the leave				of the Sultan	vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient
8	is	participle				the world		as no such person and whereas	tree rules
9	speak speech: other	past · progressive	Paribanou					of Ahmed; always property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	think speech: other	past	fourth						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
11	forebore	past	Paribanou			fourth's account			tree rules
12	take	past	fourth	a opportunity				therefore property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme
13	say speech: ask	to-infinitive	fourth not said here	a opportunity not said here	Ahmed		day		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient
14	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	Prince		fourth				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
15	have in a quote	present		your father					tree rules
16	forget in a quote	past	Ahmed	the Sultan					tree rules
17	return		Prince Ahmed						nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
18	account			Ahmed's journey					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
19	journey		Ahmed						nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent
20	discourse		Ahmed					with Ahmed's father	nom discourse «communication transitive»: poss=agent with=obl
21	account		fourth						nom account «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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