--- title: He now thought only of visiting the court of Persia, and of seeing w… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He now thought only of visiting the court of Persia, and of seeing whatever was curious in Shiraz, and when the caravan took its departure he joined the party of merchants with whom he had travelled, and arrived happily without any accident or trouble at the place appointed, where he found Prince Ho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/40/) [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/) / 40 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 40 He now thought only of visiting the court of Persia, and of seeing whatever was curious in Shiraz, and when the caravan took its departure he joined the party of merchants with whom he had travelled, and arrived happily without any accident or trouble at the place appointed, where he found Prince Houssain, and both waited for Prince Ahmed. **Who acts:** crier, whatever, caravan, both, court · **What happens:** think, visit, see, be, take, join · **To what, where:** court, Shiraz, departure, party, place, Houssain · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, whatever, caravan, both), 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:pg65965:11:40 # text = He now thought only of visiting the court of Persia, and of seeing whatever was curious in Shiraz, and when the caravan took its departure he joined the party of merchants with whom he had travelled, and arrived happily without any accident or trouble at the place appointed, where he found Prince Houssain, and both waited for Prince Ahmed. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 visiting visit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 of of SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 15 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 ccomp _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Shiraz Shiraz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 caravan caravan NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 26 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 travelled travell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 42 happily happily ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 without without ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 45 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 51 appointed appoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 parataxis _ _ 56 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod:desc _ _ 57 Houssain Houssain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 61 nsubj _ _ 61 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 62 for for ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 compound _ _ 64 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | crier | | | | now | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **visit** | gerund | crier *not said here* | the court of Persia | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Co-Agent | | 3 | **see** | gerund | crier *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | whatever | | | Shiraz | | curious *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | past | the caravan | court's departure | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent departure=Theme | | 6 | **join** | past | crier | the party of merchants with the party of merchants with the party | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient | | 7 | **travell** | past · perfect | crier | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **arrive** | past | | | | | | without any accident or trouble; happily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **appoint** | past | | | | the place | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **find** | past | crier | Houssain Prince | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent houssain=Topic | | 11 | **wait** | past | both | | | | | for Prince Ahmed | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **depart** | | court | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)