--- title: Prince Ali wanted no other proof to persuade him that this tube was… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Ali wanted no other proof to persuade him that this tube was the most valuable article, not only in the city of Shiraz, but in all the world; and believed that if he should neglect to purchase it, he would never meet with an equally wonderful curiosity. Who acts: Prince, tube, crier. A senten --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/36/) [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/) / 36 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 36 Prince Ali wanted no other proof to persuade him that this tube was the most valuable article, not only in the city of Shiraz, but in all the world; and believed that if he should neglect to purchase it, he would never meet with an equally wonderful curiosity. **Who acts:** Prince, tube, crier · **What happens:** want, persuade, be, believe, neglect, not purchase · **To what, where:** other proof, world, crier, valuable article, tube 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, tube, 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:pg65965:11:36 # text = Prince Ali wanted no other proof to persuade him that this tube was the most valuable article, not only in the city of Shiraz, but in all the world; and believed that if he should neglect to purchase it, he would never meet with an equally wonderful curiosity. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 tube tube NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 16 advmod _ _ 16 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 article article NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Shiraz Shiraz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 neglect neglect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 purchase purchase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 equally equally ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | Prince | no other proof | | all world | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot proof=Theme | | 2 | **persuade** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | crier | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | past | this tube | the valuable article and the city of Shiraz | | | | the city of Shiraz *conj* | tree rules | | 4 | **believe** | past | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **neglect** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | crier | | | | | | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **purchase** | to-infinitive | crier *not said here* | tube | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Theme | | 7 | **not** **meet** | would | crier | | | | | with a wonderful curiosity | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with curiosity=Co-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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)