--- title: By sitting on this carpet, it was in his power to be at the place of… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: By sitting on this carpet, it was in his power to be at the place of meeting that very day; but as he would be obliged to wait there for his brothers until the time they had agreed on, he chose to make a longer abode in this capital. Who acts: carpet, that, brothers, 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 (carpet, that, brothers, 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:pg65965:11:26 # text = By sitting on this carpet, it was in his power to be at the place of meeting that very day; but as he would be obliged to wait there for his brothers until the time they had agreed on, he chose to make a longer abode in this capital. 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 advcl _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 advcl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 35 until until ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 on on ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 longer long ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 amod _ _ 49 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 52 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | carpet *not said here* | | | this carpet | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on carpet=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | carpet | | | crier's power | | crier *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | carpet *not said here* | | | the place | | of meeting | tree rules | | 4 | **day** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **oblige** | would · passive | | crier | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 6 | **wait** | to-infinitive | | | | there | time | for crier's brothers | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · perfect | brothers *= brother* | the time *not said here* | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent time=Topic | | 8 | **choose** | past | crier | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **make** | to-infinitive | crier *not said here* | a longer abode | | this capital | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset abode=Product | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/27/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)