The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4, sentence 38
The treasurer went immediately with it out of the palace, and carried it a great way off; and when she had set it up one end reached to the very palace; at which time the Prince, thinking it small, found it large enough to shelter two greater armies than that of the Sultan his father’s, and then said to Paribanou: “I ask my Princess a thousand pardons for my incredulity; after what I have seen I believe there is nothing impossible to you.”
Who acts: treasurer, one end, nothing · What happens: go, carry, set up, reach, think, find · To what, where: palace, treasurer, Nourgihan, two greater armies, Paribanou, thousand pardons · 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 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (treasurer, one end, nothing), 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 treasurer | det |
| 2 | treasurer | treasurer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 3 went | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | obl |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 palace | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 palace | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 palace | det |
| 10 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 carried | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 carried | cc |
| 13 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 carried | obj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 way | det |
| 16 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 way | amod |
| 17 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 carried | obl:unmarked |
| 18 | off | off | ADV | _ | 17 way | advmod |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 set | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 set | cc |
| 21 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 set | advmod |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 set | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 set | aux |
| 24 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 went | parataxis |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 set | obj |
| 26 | up | up | ADP | _ | 24 set | compound:prt |
| 27 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 28 end | nummod |
| 28 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 reached | nsubj |
| 29 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 set | parataxis |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 palace | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 palace | det |
| 32 | very | very | ADV | _ | 33 palace | advmod |
| 33 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 reached | obl |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 found | punct |
| 35 | at | at | ADP | _ | 37 time | case |
| 36 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 37 time | det |
| 37 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 found | obl |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Prince | det |
| 39 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 time | appos |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 thinking | punct |
| 41 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 39 Prince | conj |
| 42 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 thinking | obj |
| 43 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 thinking | xcomp |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 time | punct |
| 45 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 46 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 found | obj |
| 47 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 found | xcomp |
| 48 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 47 large | advmod |
| 49 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 shelter | mark |
| 50 | shelter | shelter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 large | advcl |
| 51 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 53 armies | nummod |
| 52 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 53 armies | amod |
| 53 | armies | army | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 shelter | obj |
| 54 | than | than | ADP | _ | 55 that | case |
| 55 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 53 armies | nmod |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 father | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 father | det |
| 58 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 father | compound |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 father | nmod:poss |
| 60 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 that | nmod |
| 61 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 60 father | case |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 said | punct |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 said | cc |
| 64 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 65 said | advmod |
| 65 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 66 | to | to | ADP | _ | 67 Paribanou | case |
| 67 | Paribanou | Paribanou | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 said | obl |
| 68 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 71 ask | punct |
| 69 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 71 ask | punct |
| 70 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 71 ask | nsubj |
| 71 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 65 said | ccomp |
| 72 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 73 Princess | nmod:poss |
| 73 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 ask | obj |
| 74 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 75 thousand | det |
| 75 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 76 pardons | nummod |
| 76 | pardons | pardon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 ask | obl |
| 77 | for | for | ADP | _ | 79 incredulity | case |
| 78 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 79 incredulity | nmod:poss |
| 79 | incredulity | incredulity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 ask | obl |
| 80 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 85 seen | punct |
| 81 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 85 seen | mark |
| 82 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 85 seen | obj |
| 83 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 85 seen | nsubj |
| 84 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 85 seen | aux |
| 85 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 87 believe | advcl |
| 86 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 87 believe | nsubj |
| 87 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 71 ask | parataxis |
| 88 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 89 is | expl |
| 89 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 87 believe | ccomp |
| 90 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 89 is | nsubj |
| 91 | impossible | impossible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 90 nothing | amod |
| 92 | to | to | ADP | _ | 93 you | case |
| 93 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 91 impossible | obl |
| 94 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| 95 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the treasurer | the palace | with hand; immediately property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out palace=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | carry | past | the treasurer not said here | treasurer | a great way obl:unmarked | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | set up | past · perfect · passive | Nourgihan | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=Destination | |||||
| 4 | reach | past | one end | to the palace | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | think speech: other | gerund | treasurer | small property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | ||||
| 6 | find | past | the treasurer not said here | treasurer | time | large property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||
| 7 | shelter | to-infinitive | the treasurer not said here | two greater armies | than that | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient | |||
| 8 | say speech: assert | past | the treasurer not said here | Paribanou | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to paribanou=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 9 | ask speech: ask in a quote | present | the treasurer = treasurer | thousand pardons | my Princess | for my incredulity | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient | ||
| 10 | see in a quote | present · perfect | the treasurer = treasurer | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | |||||
| 11 | believe in a quote | present | the treasurer = treasurer | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 12 | be in a quote | present | nothing | there | 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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