--- title: Next, as there was nothing in the world so dear to him, after the su… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Next, as there was nothing in the world so dear to him, after the sultan, as the Princess Nouronnihar, he wished to see her; and instantly beheld her laughing, and in a gay humor, with her women about her. Who acts: crier. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingf --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/35/) [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/) / 35 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 35 Next, as there was nothing in the world so dear to him, after the sultan, as the Princess Nouronnihar, he wished to see her; and instantly beheld her laughing, and in a gay humor, with her women about her. **Who acts:** crier · **What happens:** be, wish, see, behold, laugh · **To what, where:** crier, Nouronnihar 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:pg65965:11:35 # text = Next, as there was nothing in the world so dear to him, after the sultan, as the Princess Nouronnihar, he wished to see her; and instantly beheld her laughing, and in a gay humor, with her women about her. 1 Next next ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 6 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 humor humor NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 45 about about ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | crier | | | the sultan as the Princess Nouronnihar *conj*; dear, next *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wish** | past | crier | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | crier *not said here* | Nouronnihar | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **behold** | past | | Nouronnihar | | | | instantly *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 5 | **laugh** | gerund | | | | | | with Nouronnihar's women about Nouronnihar; in a gay humor | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in humor=Theme | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/36/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)