--- title: So King Saman ordered all preparations for the journey to be made, a… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So King Saman ordered all preparations for the journey to be made, and then Prince Tahmasp took his leave and set out, accompanied by some of the courtiers, and taking with him a string of two-humped and raven-eyed camels laden with jewels, and gold, and costly stuffs. 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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 (King, Prince, eyed camels), 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:pg3282:1:89 # text = So King Saman ordered all preparations for the journey to be made, and then Prince Tahmasp took his leave and set out, accompanied by some of the courtiers, and taking with him a string of two-humped and raven-eyed camels laden with jewels, and gold, and costly stuffs. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Saman Saman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 16 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 Tahmasp Tahmasp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 accompanied accompany VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 obl:agent _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 38 of of SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 humped hump VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 raven raven ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 laden laden VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 stuffs stuff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | King | all preparations | | | | for the journey | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent preparation=Theme for journey=Beneficiary | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive · passive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 3 | **take** | past | Prince | Prince's leave | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 4 | **set out** | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **accompany** | participle | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **take** | gerund | King *not said here* | a string | | | | with Prince; costly stuffs *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Theme | | 7 | **hump** | participle | | a string *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **laden** | present | eyed camels | | | | | with jewels | 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:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/90/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/)