--- title: “All right, your Majesty,” said the First Lord; and he ran up and do… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “All right, your Majesty,” said the First Lord; and he ran up and down the stairs, through halls and corridors, and as he told the people what would happen to them if the Nightingale were not brought there that evening they all followed him, because they had no wish to be trampled under foot, and al --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/125/) [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/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/) / 125 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 1, sentence 125 “All right, your Majesty,” said the First Lord; and he ran up and down the stairs, through halls and corridors, and as he told the people what would happen to them if the Nightingale were not brought there that evening they all followed him, because they had no wish to be trampled under foot, and all were most curious to know about this wonderful Nightingale which it seemed that everybody in the world knew about except those who lived in the palace. **Who acts:** First Lord, Lord, people, all, it, everybody · **What happens:** say, run up, tell, happen, not bring, follow · **To what, where:** people, Nightingale, wish, foot, wonderful Nightingale, palace · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (First Lord, Lord, people, all), 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:pg65965:1:133 # text = “All right, your Majesty,” said the First Lord; and he ran up and down the stairs, through halls and corridors, and as he told the people what would happen to them if the Nightingale were not brought there that evening they all followed him, because they had no wish to be trampled under foot, and all were most curious to know about this wonderful Nightingale which it seemed that everybody in the world knew about except those who lived in the palace. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 down down ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 through through ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 halls hall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 corridors corridor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 iobj _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 45 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 46 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl:unmarked _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 50 advmod _ _ 50 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 because because SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 56 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 57 det _ _ 57 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 trampled trample VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 acl _ _ 61 under under ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 65 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 68 nsubj _ _ 66 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 67 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 68 advmod _ _ 68 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 csubj _ _ 71 about about ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 74 det _ _ 73 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 Nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 75 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 77 obj _ _ 76 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 77 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 acl:relcl _ _ 78 that that SCONJ IN _ 83 mark _ _ 79 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 83 nsubj _ _ 80 in in ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nmod _ _ 83 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 advcl _ _ 84 about about ADV RB _ 83 advmod _ _ 85 except except ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 86 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 83 obl _ _ 87 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 88 nsubj _ _ 88 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 86 acl:relcl _ _ 89 in in ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 90 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 91 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 92 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the First Lord | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run up** | past | Lord | | | | | the stairs and halls and corridors *conj* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Lord | | the people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **happen** | would | | | people | | | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **bring** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | the Nightingale | | there | evening | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 6 | **follow** | past | people | Nightingale | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past | people | no wish | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Patient | | 8 | **trample** | to-infinitive · passive | people *not said here* | no wish *not said here* | | foot | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | past | all | | | | | curious *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **know** | to-infinitive | | | | | | about this wonderful Nightingale | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about nightingale=Stimulus | | 11 | **seem** | past | it | this wonderful Nightingale | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme which=Attribute | | 12 | **know about** | past | everybody in the world | | | | | except those; about *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **live** | past | | | | the palace | | who *nsubj* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/126/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/)