--- title: While the crier was detailing to Prince Ahmed the virtues of the art… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: While the crier was detailing to Prince Ahmed the virtues of the artificial apple, many persons gathered round them, and confirmed what he declared; and one amongst the rest said he had a friend dangerously ill, whose life was despaired of, which was a favorable opportunity to show the apple’s power --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/49/) [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/) / 49 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 49 While the crier was detailing to Prince Ahmed the virtues of the artificial apple, many persons gathered round them, and confirmed what he declared; and one amongst the rest said he had a friend dangerously ill, whose life was despaired of, which was a favorable opportunity to show the apple’s power; on which Prince Ahmed told the crier he would give him forty purses for the apple if it cured the sick person by smelling it. **Who acts:** crier, many persons, friend, Prince, person, life · **What happens:** detail, gather, confirm, declare, say, have · **To what, where:** virtues, Prince Ahmed, friend, life, favorable opportunity, power · **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, many persons, friend, Prince), 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:pg65965:11:49 # text = While the crier was detailing to Prince Ahmed the virtues of the artificial apple, many persons gathered round them, and confirmed what he declared; and one amongst the rest said he had a friend dangerously ill, whose life was despaired of, which was a favorable opportunity to show the apple’s power; on which Prince Ahmed told the crier he would give him forty purses for the apple if it cured the sick person by smelling it. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 detailing detail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 virtues virtue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 artificial artificial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 16 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 round round ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 confirmed confirm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 advcl _ _ 30 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 dangerously dangerously ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 despaired despair VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 favorable favorable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 acl _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’s 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 59 on on ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 obl _ _ 61 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 62 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 flat _ _ 63 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 ccomp _ _ 69 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 iobj _ _ 70 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 71 nummod _ _ 71 purses purse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obj _ _ 72 for for ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 75 if if SCONJ IN _ 77 mark _ _ 76 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 77 cured cure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 advcl _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 79 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 80 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obj _ _ 81 by by SCONJ IN _ 82 mark _ _ 82 smelling smell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 77 advcl _ _ 83 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **detail** | past · progressive | the crier | the virtues of the artificial apple | Prince Ahmed | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent virtue=Theme to ahmed=be' | | 2 | **gather** | past | many persons | | | | | round princes *= prince* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **confirm** | past | many persons *not said here* | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | crier | | | | | what *obj* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Attribute | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | amongst the rest; one *advcl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** | past | crier | a friend and a favorable opportunity | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient | | 7 | **despair** | past · passive | | life | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | past | a friend and a favorable opportunity | a favorable opportunity | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **show** | to-infinitive | crier *not said here* | the apple's power | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Recipient | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Prince | the crier | | | | which *obl* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent crier=Recipient clause=Topic | | 11 | **give** | would | person | forty purses | crier | | | for the apple | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient purse=Theme for apple=Asset | | 12 | **cure** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | life | the sick person | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer person=Source | | 13 | **smell** | gerund | life *not said here* | life | | | | | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/50/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)