--- title: The Emperor was so delighted that he said she should wear the golden… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The Emperor was so delighted that he said she should wear the golden necklace around her neck, but the Nightingale said that she had already received a sufficient reward, for she had brought tears to the eyes of the Emperor. Who acts: Emperor, heart, Nightingale. 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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 (Emperor, heart, Nightingale), 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:pg65965:1:167 # text = The Emperor was so delighted that he said she should wear the golden necklace around her neck, but the Nightingale said that she had already received a sufficient reward, for she had brought tears to the eyes of the Emperor. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 necklace necklace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 around around ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 already already ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 ccomp _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 sufficient sufficient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 36 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Emperor | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | EMPEROR | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **wear** | should | heart | the golden necklace | | heart's neck | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent necklace=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Nightingale | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **receive** | past · perfect | heart | a sufficient reward | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | | 6 | **bring** | past · perfect | heart | tears | | the eyes of the Emperor | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tear=Theme to eye=Destination | 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 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/158/) - next →: [sentence 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/160/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/)