--- title: When I have thus made myself master of an hundred thousand drachmas,… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: When I have thus made myself master of an hundred thousand drachmas, I shall naturally set myself on the footing of a prince, and will demand the grand vizier’s daughter in marriage, after having represented to that minister the information which I have received of the beauty, wit, discretion, and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Oriental tales, for the entertainment…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/) / [The Story of Alnaschar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/) / 22 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Alnaschar., sentence 22 When I have thus made myself master of an hundred thousand drachmas, I shall naturally set myself on the footing of a prince, and will demand the grand vizier’s daughter in marriage, after having represented to that minister the information which I have received of the beauty, wit, discretion, and other high qualities which his daughter possesses. **Who acts:** I, daughter · **What happens:** make, set, demand, represent, receive, possess · **To what, where:** I, myself, footing, daughter, marriage, information This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Alnaschar.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, daughter), 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:pg62868:16:22 # text = When I have thus made myself master of an hundred thousand drachmas, I shall naturally set myself on the footing of a prince, and will demand the grand vizier’s daughter in marriage, after having represented to that minister the information which I have received of the beauty, wit, discretion, and other high qualities which his daughter possesses. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 thus thus ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ _ 6 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 compound _ _ 11 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 drachmas drachma NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 naturally naturally ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 18 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 footing footing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 demand demand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 after after SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 aux _ _ 39 represented represent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 parataxis _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 discretion discretion NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 59 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 qualities quality NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 61 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 obj _ _ 62 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 64 possesses possess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · perfect · passive | | I | | | | myself *obj*; master of a thousand drachmas *obj*; thus *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **set** | shall | I | myself | | the footing of a prince | | naturally *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent myself=Theme on footing=Destination | | 3 | **demand** *speech: request* | future | I *not said here* | the grand vizier's daughter | | marriage | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme daughter=Precondition | | 4 | **represent** | gerund · perfect | | the information | | | | to that minister; other high qualities *obl* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot information=Theme to minister=Attribute | | 5 | **receive** | present · perfect · passive | | the information | | | | of the beauty and wit and discretion; I *nsubj* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **possess** | present | ten thousand's daughter | other high qualities | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot which=Theme | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/23/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Alnaschar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/)