--- title: Soon after he perceived the favourite Sultana, who before was seated… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Soon after he perceived the favourite Sultana, who before was seated by his side, enter with a bowl of poison, which she compelled Aboram to drink, and afterwards married the successor to his throne. Who acts: son, side, bowl. 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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 (son, side, bowl), 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:pg62868:20:18 # text = Soon after he perceived the favourite Sultana, who before was seated by his side, enter with a bowl of poison, which she compelled Aboram to drink, and afterwards married the successor to his throne. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 2 after after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Sultana Sultana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 compelled compel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 27 Aboram Aboram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 successor successor NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perceive** | past | son | the favourite Sultana | | | | soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sultana=Stimulus | | 2 | **seat** | past · passive | son's side | the favourite Sultana | | | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Value | | 3 | **enter** | infinitive | son *not said here* | | | | | with a bowl of poison | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **compel** | past | a bowl of poison | Aboram | | | | Alla *nsubj* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent aboram=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **drink** | to-infinitive | a bowl of poison *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **marry** | past | son *not said here* | the successor | | | | to son's throne; afterwards *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent successor=Patient to throne=Co-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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/19/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Bozaldab.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/)