The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5, sentence 38

Afterwards he sent an officer to Prince Houssain to acquaint him with the change and make him an offer of which province he liked best; but that Prince thought himself so happy in his solitude that he bade the officer return the Sultan his brother thanks for the kindness he designed him, assuring him of his submission; and that the only favor he desired of him was to give him leave to live retired in the place he had made choice of for his retreat.

Who acts: Ahmed, Prince, officer, brother, only favor · What happens: send, acquaint, make, like, think, bade · To what, where: officer, Prince, Ahmed, offer, best, Sultan

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ahmed, Prince, officer, brother), 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	Afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 officer	det
5	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Prince	case
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
8	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Prince	flat
9	to	to	PART	_	10 acquaint	mark
10	acquaint	acquaint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 acquaint	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 change	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 change	det
14	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 acquaint	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 make	cc
16	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 acquaint	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 make	obj
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 offer	det
19	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 make	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 province	case
21	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	22 province	det
22	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 offer	nmod
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 liked	nsubj
24	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 province	acl:relcl
25	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	24 liked	obj
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 thought	punct
27	but	but	CCONJ	_	30 thought	cc
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	30 thought	mark
29	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 thought	nsubj
30	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	conj
31	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	30 thought	obj
32	so	so	ADV	_	33 happy	advmod
33	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 thought	xcomp
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 solitude	case
35	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 solitude	nmod:poss
36	solitude	solitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 happy	obl
37	that	that	SCONJ	_	39 bade	mark
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 bade	nsubj
39	bade	bade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 happy	advcl
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 officer	det
41	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 return	nsubj
42	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 bade	ccomp
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 Sultan	det
44	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 return	obj
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 brother	nmod:poss
46	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 thanks	nsubj
47	thanks	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 return	advcl
48	for	for	ADP	_	50 kindness	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 kindness	det
50	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 thanks	obl
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 designed	nsubj
52	designed	design	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 kindness	acl:relcl
53	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 designed	obj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 assuring	punct
55	assuring	assure	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	42 return	advcl
56	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 assuring	obj
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 submission	case
58	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 submission	nmod:poss
59	submission	submission	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 assuring	obl
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	72 give	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 give	cc
62	that	that	SCONJ	_	72 give	mark
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 favor	det
64	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 favor	amod
65	favor	favor	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 give	nsubj
66	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 desired	nsubj
67	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 favor	acl:relcl
68	of	of	ADP	_	69 him	case
69	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 desired	obl
70	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 give	aux
71	to	to	PART	_	72 give	mark
72	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	conj
73	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 give	iobj
74	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 give	xcomp
75	to	to	PART	_	76 live	mark
76	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	74 leave	xcomp
77	retired	retire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	76 live	xcomp
78	in	in	ADP	_	80 place	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 place	det
80	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 retired	obl
81	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 made	nsubj
82	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	83 made	aux
83	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	80 place	acl:relcl
84	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 made	xcomp
85	of	of	ADP	_	88 retreat	case
86	for	for	ADP	_	88 retreat	case
87	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	88 retreat	nmod:poss
88	retreat	retreat	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 choice	nmod
89	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	send	past	Ahmed	a officer	Prince		afterwards property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent officer=Theme to prince=Destination
2	acquaint speech: other	to-infinitive	Ahmed not said here		Ahmed		with the change	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	make	infinitive	Ahmed not said here	a offer of which province	Ahmed			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary offer=Product
4	like	past	Ahmed	best				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot good=Theme
5	think speech: other	past	Prince	Ahmed			happy property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme
6	bade	past	Ahmed					tree rules
7	return	infinitive	the officer	the Sultan				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sultan=Theme
8	thank speech: thank	present	Ahmed's brother				for the kindness	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for kindness=Attribute
9	design	past	Ahmed	Prince				vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Result
10	assure	gerund	the officer not said here		Ahmed		of Ahmed's submission	vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of submission=Topic
11	desire	past	Ahmed	the only favor not said here			of Prince	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot favor=Theme
12	give	past	the only favor		Ahmed			tree rules
13	leave	infinitive	the only favor not said here					tree rules
14	live	to-infinitive	the only favor not said here					tree rules
15	retire	participle	the only favor not said here			the place		vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
16	make	past · perfect	Ahmed	choice of Ahmed's retreat				vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Product
17	offer			which province				nom offer «communication transitive»: of=patient
18	submit		Ahmed					nom submission «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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