--- title: The crier presented him the tube, and he looked through, wishing at… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The crier presented him the tube, and he looked through, wishing at the same time to see the sultan his father, whom he immediately beheld in perfect health, sitting on his throne, in the midst of his council. Who acts: crier. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn W --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/34/) [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/) / 34 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 34 The crier presented him the tube, and he looked through, wishing at the same time to see the sultan his father, whom he immediately beheld in perfect health, sitting on his throne, in the midst of his council. **Who acts:** crier · **What happens:** present, look through, wish, see, behold, sit · **To what, where:** person, sultan, father, perfect health, throne 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 (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:pg65965:11:34 # text = The crier presented him the tube, and he looked through, wishing at the same time to see the sultan his father, whom he immediately beheld in perfect health, sitting on his throne, in the midst of his council. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tube tube NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 through through ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 advcl _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | past | the crier | person | | | | the tube *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **look through** | past | crier | | | | | through *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **wish** | gerund | crier *not said here* | | | | time | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | crier *not said here* | the sultan | | | | crier's father *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **behold** | participle | crier | crier's father | | perfect health | | immediately *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 6 | **sit** | gerund | crier *not said here* | | | crier's throne | | in the midst of crier's council | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)