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title: In this manner Prince Houssain became the possessor of the carpet, a… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: In this manner Prince Houssain became the possessor of the carpet, and was overjoyed that at his arrival at Bisnagar he had found so rare a curiosity, which he never doubted must of course gain him the possession of Nouronnihar, as his younger brothers could not meet with anything to be compared wit
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 25

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In this manner Prince Houssain became the possessor of the carpet, and was overjoyed that at his arrival at Bisnagar he had found so rare a curiosity, which he never doubted must of course gain him the possession of Nouronnihar, as his younger brothers could not meet with anything to be compared with it.

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**Who acts:** Prince, crier, younger brothers · **What happens:** become, overjoy, find, not doubt, gain, not meet · **To what, where:** possessor, manner, curiosity, arrival, possession, crier

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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 (Prince, crier, younger brothers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg65965:11:25
# text = In this manner Prince Houssain became the possessor of the carpet, and was overjoyed that at his arrival at Bisnagar he had found so rare a curiosity, which he never doubted must of course gain him the possession of Nouronnihar, as his younger brothers could not meet with anything to be compared with it.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	possessor	possessor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	overjoyed	overjoy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Bisnagar	Bisnagar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
25	so	so	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	xcomp	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	obj	_	_
31	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
32	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	33	advmod	_	_
33	doubted	doubt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	parataxis	_	_
34	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADV	37	advmod	_	_
36	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	fixed	_	_
37	gain	gain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	ccomp	_	_
38	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	Nouronnihar	Nouronnihar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
44	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
45	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
46	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	47	amod	_	_
47	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nsubj	_	_
48	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
49	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	50	advmod	_	_
50	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	conj	_	_
51	with	with	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	50	obl	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
54	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	aux:pass	_	_
55	compared	compare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	52	acl	_	_
56	with	with	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | Prince | the possessor of the carpet |  |  |  | in this manner *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in manner=Result |
| 2 | **overjoy** | past · passive | Prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | past · perfect | crier | a curiosity |  | crier's arrival at Bisnagar |  | rare *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent curiosity=Theme at arrival=Asset |
| 4 | **not** **doubt** | past | crier | a curiosity |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 5 | **gain** | must | crier *not said here* | the possession of Nouronnihar | crier |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary possession=Theme |
| 6 | **not** **meet** | could | crier's younger brothers |  |  |  |  | with anything | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with anything=Co-Agent |
| 7 | **compare** | to-infinitive · passive | crier's younger brothers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with carpet | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: with it=Co-Patient |
| 8 | **arrive** |  | crier |  |  | Bisnagar |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent at=place |
| 9 | **possess** |  |  | Nouronnihar |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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