--- title: On this proposal they went into the merchant’s back-shop, where they… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: On this proposal they went into the merchant’s back-shop, where they both sat down on the carpet; and as soon as the prince had formed his wish to be transported into his apartment at the khan, he in an instant found himself and the crier there. Who acts: shops, prince, crier. 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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 (shops, prince, crier), 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:pg65965:11:23 # text = On this proposal they went into the merchant’s back-shop, where they both sat down on the carpet; and as soon as the prince had formed his wish to be transported into his apartment at the khan, he in an instant found himself and the crier there. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 both both ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 down down ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 transported transport VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 apartment apartment NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 khan khan NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 48 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 47 obj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 52 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | shops *= shop* | | | this proposal | | into the merchant's back shop | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into shop=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **sit down** | past | shops *= shop* | | | the carpet | | both *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on carpet=Location | | 3 | **form** | past · perfect | the prince | crier's wish | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wish=Theme | | 4 | **transport** | to-infinitive · passive | the prince *not said here* | crier's wish *not said here* | | crier's apartment at the khan | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 5 | **find** | past | crier | crier | | | | soon *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Theme crier=Attribute | | 6 | **wish** | | crier | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)