--- title: The sultan, on her arriving at the proper age, was consulting about… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The sultan, on her arriving at the proper age, was consulting about a neighboring prince with whom she might form an alliance, when he found that all the three princes, his sons, loved their cousin, and wished to marry her. Who acts: sultan, Nouronnihar, three princes. 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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 (sultan, Nouronnihar, three princes), 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:pg65965:10:126 # text = The sultan, on her arriving at the proper age, was consulting about a neighboring prince with whom she might form an alliance, when he found that all the three princes, his sons, loved their cousin, and wished to marry her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 on on SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 arriving arrive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 consulting consult VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 14 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 neighboring neighbor VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 form form VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 alliance alliance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 38 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | gerund | the sultan *not said here* | | | | at the proper age | Nouronnihar *nmod:poss* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **consult** | past · progressive | the sultan | | | | | about a neighboring prince | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about prince=Topic | | 3 | **neighbor** | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **form** | might | Nouronnihar | a alliance | | | | whom *obl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location alliance=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past | sultan | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **love** | past | all three princes | son's cousin | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cousin=Stimulus | | 7 | **wish** | past | sultan *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | sultan *not said here* | Nouronnihar | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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:** «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/pg65965/10/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/10/126/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/10/)