--- title: One day, when they had quarrelled for three weeks--all nine hundred… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: One day, when they had quarrelled for three weeks--all nine hundred and ninety-nine wives together--Suleiman-bin-Daoud went out for peace and quiet as usual; and among the orange trees he met Balkis the Most Beautiful, very sorrowful because Suleiman-bin-Daoud was so worried. 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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 (Afrits, Suleiman), 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:pg2781:13:39 # text = One day, when they had quarrelled for three weeks--all nine hundred and ninety-nine wives together--Suleiman-bin-Daoud went out for peace and quiet as usual; and among the orange trees he met Balkis the Most Beautiful, very sorrowful because Suleiman-bin-Daoud was so worried. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 quarrelled quarrell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 nsubj _ _ 13 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 compound _ _ 14 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 ninety ninety NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Suleiman Suleiman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Daoud Daoud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 flat _ _ 27 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 28 out out ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 among among ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 orange orange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 43 Balkis Balkis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 amod _ _ 46 Beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 very very ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ _ 50 because because SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 51 Suleiman Suleiman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Daoud Daoud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 flat _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 57 so so ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 worried worried ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quarrell** | past · perfect | Afrits *= afrit* | hundred nine wives | | | day; week | together *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go out** | past | Suleiman | | | | | for peace; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **meet** | past | Suleiman | Balkis | | | | among the orange trees | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balkis=Co-Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | Suleiman | | | | | worried *property* | tree rules | 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:** «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, Project Gutenberg book 2781 (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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/40/) - ↑ back to [The Butterfly That Stamped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/)