--- title: Prince Ali was overjoyed at his purchase; he persuaded himself that,… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Ali was overjoyed at his purchase; he persuaded himself that, as his brothers would not be able to meet with anything so rare and admirable, the Princess Nouronnihar must be the recompense of his fatigue and travels. Who acts: crier, brothers, Princess Nouronnihar. A sentence of «The Jade Sto --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/39/) [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/) / 39 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 39 Prince Ali was overjoyed at his purchase; he persuaded himself that, as his brothers would not be able to meet with anything so rare and admirable, the Princess Nouronnihar must be the recompense of his fatigue and travels. **Who acts:** crier, brothers, Princess Nouronnihar · **What happens:** overjoy, persuade, not be, meet, be, travel · **To what, where:** Ali, purchase, crier, recompense 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, brothers, Princess Nouronnihar), 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:pg65965:11:39 # text = Prince Ali was overjoyed at his purchase; he persuaded himself that, as his brothers would not be able to meet with anything so rare and admirable, the Princess Nouronnihar must be the recompense of his fatigue and travels. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 overjoyed overjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 purchase purchase NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 persuaded persuade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 that that ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 20 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 22 obl _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 admirable admirable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 recompense recompense NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 fatigue fatigue NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overjoy** | past · passive | | Ali Prince | | crier's purchase | | | tree rules | | 2 | **persuade** | past | crier | crier | | | | that *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 3 | **not** **is** | would | crier's brothers | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **meet** | to-infinitive | crier's brothers *not said here* | | | | | with anything | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with anything=Co-Agent | | 5 | **is a** | must | the Princess Nouronnihar | the recompense | | | | of crier's fatigue | tree rules | | 6 | **travel** | present | crier's brothers *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **purchase** | | crier | | | | | | nom purchase «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **fatigue** | | crier | | | | | | nom fatigue «state transitive»: poss=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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/40/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)