--- title: No sooner had this pityless commander received the stipulated sum, t… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: No sooner had this pityless commander received the stipulated sum, than he held a consultation with his crew, and they agreed to seize the remaining jewels, and leave the unhappy exile in the same helpless and lamentable condition in which they discovered him. 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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 (pityless commander, commander, words), 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:pg62868:19:16 # text = No sooner had this pityless commander received the stipulated sum, than he held a consultation with his crew, and they agreed to seize the remaining jewels, and leave the unhappy exile in the same helpless and lamentable condition in which they discovered him. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 5 pityless pityless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 commander commander NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 stipulated stipulate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 than than SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 consultation consultation NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 remaining remain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 amod _ _ 28 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 exile exile NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 37 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 38 helpless helpless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 lamentable lamentable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ _ 41 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | | | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **receive** | past | this pityless commander | the stipulated sum | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Theme | | 3 | **stipulate** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hold** | past | commander | a consultation | | | | with commander's crew | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consultation=Theme | | 5 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | words *= word* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **seize** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | words *= word* *not said here* | the remaining jewels | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme | | 7 | **remain** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **leave** | infinitive | | the unhappy exile | | the same helpless condition | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent exile=Theme in condition=Location | | 9 | **discover** | past | words *= word* | commander | | the same helpless condition | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/19/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/19/17/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Bozaldab.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/19/)