--- title: The three princes cheerfully consented to this proposal, as each fla… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The three princes cheerfully consented to this proposal, as each flattered himself fortune might prove favorable to him, and give him possession of the Princess Nouronnihar. Who acts: three princes, each, fortune. 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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 (three princes, each, fortune), 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:pg65965:11:6 # text = The three princes cheerfully consented to this proposal, as each flattered himself fortune might prove favorable to him, and give him possession of the Princess Nouronnihar. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 cheerfully cheerfully ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nsubj _ _ 12 flattered flatter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 17 favorable favorable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consent** | past | the three princes | | | | | to this proposal; cheerfully *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to proposal=Theme | | 2 | **flatter** | past | each | himself *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **prove** | might | fortune | | | | | favorable *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** | infinitive | fortune *not said here* | possession of the Princess Nouronnihar | fortune | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient possession=Theme | | 5 | **possess** | | | the Princess Nouronnihar | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)