--- title: “That’s just where it is,” sighed the Caliph, whose wings drooped in… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “That’s just where it is,” sighed the Caliph, whose wings drooped in a dejected manner; “how do I know she is young and lovely? Who acts: That, Vizier, Princess. 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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 (That, Vizier, Princess), 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:pg65965:10:78 # text = “That’s just where it is,” sighed the Caliph, whose wings drooped in a dejected manner; “how do I know she is young and lovely? 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 appos _ _ 16 drooped droop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 dejected deject VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 24 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | That | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sigh** | past | | the Caliph | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caliph=Topic | | 3 | **droop** | participle | | the Caliph's wings *not said here* | | a dejected manner | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in manner=Location | | 4 | **deject** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the Vizier *= vizier* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Princess | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/10/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/10/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/10/)