--- title: He then spent his time in seeing all that was curious at and about S… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He then spent his time in seeing all that was curious at and about Samarcand; and having joined the first caravan that set out for the Indies, he arrived in perfect health at the inn, where the Princes Houssain and Ali waited for him. Who acts: experiment, that, first caravan, Princes. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (experiment, that, first caravan, Princes), 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:pg65965:11:52 # text = He then spent his time in seeing all that was curious at and about Samarcand; and having joined the first caravan that set out for the Indies, he arrived in perfect health at the inn, where the Princes Houssain and Ali waited for him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Samarcand Samarcand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 18 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 19 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 22 amod _ _ 22 caravan caravan NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Indies Indy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Princes Prince PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 42 Houssain Houssain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 45 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | past | experiment | | | | then; time | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | gerund | experiment *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | that | | | Samarcand | | curious *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | gerund | experiment *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **join** | participle | experiment *not said here* | the first caravan | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=Patient | | 6 | **set out** | past | the first caravan | | | | | for the Indies | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **arrive** | past | experiment | | | perfect health | | at the inn | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **wait** | past | the Princes Houssain and Ali | | | | | for experiment | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)