--- title: The Sultan of Kashgar no sooner heard these words than he ordered an… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The Sultan of Kashgar no sooner heard these words than he ordered an usher to go to the chief of police and to bring all the persons concerned in the hunchback's death, together with the corpse, that he wished to see once again. Who acts: Sultan, usher, hunchback. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sultan, usher, hunchback), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg128:20:22 # text = The Sultan of Kashgar no sooner heard these words than he ordered an usher to go to the chief of police and to bring all the persons concerned in the hunchback's death, together with the corpse, that he wished to see once again. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Kashgar Kashgar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 no no ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 than than SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 usher usher NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 concerned concern VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hunchback hunchback NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 together together ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 44 advmod _ _ 46 again again ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Sultan of Kashgar | this words | | | | soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **order** | past | Sultan | a usher | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent usher=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a usher *not said here* | | | the chief of police | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to chief=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **bring** | to-infinitive | a usher *not said here* | | all persons | | | with the corpse; together *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument person=Destination | | 5 | **concern** | participle | | all persons *not said here* | | the hunchback's death | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **wish** | past | Sultan | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Sultan *not said here* | | | | again | once *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **die** | | the hunchback | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/)