--- title: An ancestor of the prince, who now reigns absolute in this central i… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: An ancestor of the prince, who now reigns absolute in this central island, has, through a long descent of ages, entailed the name of Solomon’s Islands on the whole, by the effect of that wisdom wherewith he polished the manners of his people. Who acts: ancestor, ages. 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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 (ancestor, ages), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62868:11:3 # text = An ancestor of the prince, who now reigns absolute in this central island, has, through a long descent of ages, entailed the name of Solomon’s Islands on the whole, by the effect of that wisdom wherewith he polished the manners of his people. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ancestor ancestor NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 reigns reign VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 absolute absolute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 13 central central ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 through through ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 descent descent NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 25 entailed entail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 Islands Island PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 polished polish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reign** | present | a ancestor of the prince | | | this central island | now | absolute *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | a ancestor of the prince *not said here* | a long descent of ages | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent descent=Patient | | 3 | **entail** | past | a ancestor of the prince | the name of Solomon's Islands | | the whole | | the effect of that wisdom *parataxis* | tree rules | | 4 | **polish** | past | ancestor | the manners of ancestor's people | | | | wherewith *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent manners=Destination | | 5 | **descend** | | ages | | | | | | nom descent «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **name** | | | Solomon's Islands | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **effect** | | | that wisdom | | | | | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Project Gutenberg book 62868 (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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/4/) - ↑ back to [The Basket Maker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/)