The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3, sentence 35

The Sultan of the Indies was so far from thinking that Prince Ahmed could be capable of so pernicious a design as his favorites would make him believe that he said to them: “You are mistaken; my son loves me, and I am certain of his tenderness and fidelity, as I have given him no reason to be disgusted.”

Who acts: Sultan, Prince Ahmed, thinking, Ahmed, son, favorites · What happens: think, be, make, believe, say, love · To what, where: Ahmed, favorites, reason, Son · 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 (Sultan, Prince Ahmed, thinking, Ahmed), 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	10 thinking	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Indies	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Indies	det
5	Indies	Indy	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 Sultan	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thinking	aux
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 far	advmod
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 thinking	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 thinking	case
10	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 make	csubj
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 capable	mark
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Ahmed	compound
13	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 capable	nsubj
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 capable	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 capable	cop
16	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thinking	ccomp
17	of	of	ADP	_	21 design	case
18	so	so	ADV	_	19 pernicious	advmod
19	pernicious	pernicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 design	amod
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 design	det
21	design	design	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 capable	obl
22	as	as	ADP	_	24 favorites	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 favorites	nmod:poss
24	favorites	favorite	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 capable	obl
25	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 make	aux
26	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 make	obj
28	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 make	xcomp
29	that	that	SCONJ	_	31 said	mark
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 said	nsubj
31	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 believe	ccomp
32	to	to	ADP	_	33 them	case
33	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 said	obl
34	:	:	PUNCT	_	38 mistaken	punct
35	“	"	PUNCT	_	38 mistaken	punct
36	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	38 mistaken	nsubj
37	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 mistaken	aux:pass
38	mistaken	mistaken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 said	ccomp
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 loves	punct
40	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 son	nmod:poss
41	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 loves	nsubj
42	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 make	parataxis
43	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	42 loves	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 certain	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 certain	cc
46	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 certain	nsubj
47	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 certain	cop
48	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 loves	conj
49	of	of	ADP	_	51 tenderness	case
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 tenderness	nmod:poss
51	tenderness	tenderness	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 certain	obl
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 fidelity	cc
53	fidelity	fidelity	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 tenderness	conj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 given	punct
55	as	as	SCONJ	_	58 given	mark
56	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 given	nsubj
57	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	58 given	aux
58	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	42 loves	conj
59	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 given	iobj
60	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	61 reason	det
61	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 given	obj
62	to	to	PART	_	64 disgusted	mark
63	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	64 disgusted	aux:pass
64	disgusted	disgust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	61 reason	acl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	26 make	punct
66	”	"	PUNCT	_	26 make	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · progressive	the Sultan of the Indies			far property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	could	Prince Ahmed			of a pernicious design; as Ahmed's favorites; capable property	tree rules
3	make	would	thinking	Ahmed			tree rules
4	believe	infinitive	Ahmed not said here				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	say speech: assert	past	Ahmed		favorites = favorite		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient
6	love in a quote	present	my son	the Sultan's favorites = favorite			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
7	is in a quote	present	the Sultan's favorites = favorite			of Son's tenderness and fidelity; certain property	tree rules
8	give in a quote	present · perfect	the Sultan's favorites = favorite	no reason	Son		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient reason=Theme
9	disgust in a quote	to-infinitive · passive	the Sultan's favorites = favorite not said here	no reason not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

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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