--- title: Prince Houssain, the eldest brother, who had heard of the extent, po… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Houssain, the eldest brother, who had heard of the extent, power, riches, and splendor of the kingdom of Bisnagar, bent his course towards the Indian coast; and after three months’ travelling with different caravans, sometimes over deserts and barren mountains, and sometimes through populous --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/11/) [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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/) / 11 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 11 Prince Houssain, the eldest brother, who had heard of the extent, power, riches, and splendor of the kingdom of Bisnagar, bent his course towards the Indian coast; and after three months’ travelling with different caravans, sometimes over deserts and barren mountains, and sometimes through populous and fertile countries, arrived at Bisnagar, the capital of the kingdom of that name, and the residence of its king. **Who acts:** eldest brother, Houssain · **What happens:** hear, bend, travel, arrive · **To what, where:** course, residence, populous This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eldest brother, Houssain), 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:pg65965:11:11 # text = Prince Houssain, the eldest brother, who had heard of the extent, power, riches, and splendor of the kingdom of Bisnagar, bent his course towards the Indian coast; and after three months’ travelling with different caravans, sometimes over deserts and barren mountains, and sometimes through populous and fertile countries, arrived at Bisnagar, the capital of the kingdom of that name, and the residence of its king. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Houssain Houssain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 extent extent NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 splendor splendor NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Bisnagar Bisnagar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 27 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 towards towards ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 after after ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 40 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 caravans caravan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 47 advmod _ _ 46 over over ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 barren barren ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 53 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 60 advmod _ _ 54 through through ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 populous populace NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 fertile fertile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 60 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 61 at at ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 Bisnagar Bisnagar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 appos _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 71 det _ _ 71 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 residence residence NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 76 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 78 nmod:poss _ _ 78 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | the eldest brother | | | | | of the extent and power and riches and splendor of the kingdom of Bisnagar | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of extent=Stimulus | | 2 | **bend** | past | Houssain Prince | Houssain's course | | | | towards the Indian coast | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent course=Material | | 3 | **travel** | gerund | Houssain Prince *not said here* | | | | month | with different caravans and deserts and barren mountains | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **arrive** | past | Houssain Prince *not said here* | the residence of residence's king | | populous and fertile countries | | at Bisnagar; sometimes *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through populace=Initial\_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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/12/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)