--- title: Prince Houssain did not give them time to ask what was the matter, b… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Houssain did not give them time to ask what was the matter, but cried out, “Alas! princes, to what purpose have we undertaken such long and fatiguing journeys, with the hopes of being recompensed by the hand of the charming Nouronnihar, when in a few moments that lovely princess will breathe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/69/) [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/) / 69 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 69 Prince Houssain did not give them time to ask what was the matter, but cried out, “Alas! princes, to what purpose have we undertaken such long and fatiguing journeys, with the hopes of being recompensed by the hand of the charming Nouronnihar, when in a few moments that lovely princess will breathe her last! **Who acts:** Houssain, we, hand, lovely princess · **What happens:** not give, ask, be, cry out, undertake, fatigue · **To what, where:** princes, matter, journeys, hopes, that · **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 (Houssain, we, hand, lovely princess), 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:pg65965:11:69 # text = Prince Houssain did not give them time to ask what was the matter, but cried out, “Alas! princes, to what purpose have we undertaken such long and fatiguing journeys, with the hopes of being recompensed by the hand of the charming Nouronnihar, when in a few moments that lovely princess will breathe her last! 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Houssain Houssain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 22 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ! ! PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 22 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 29 obl _ _ 26 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 undertaken undertake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 parataxis _ _ 30 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 fatiguing fatigue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 34 journeys journey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 39 of of SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 recompensed recompense VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 50 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 59 advmod _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 55 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 obj _ _ 56 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 58 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 breathe breathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 60 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **give** | past · do-support | Houssain Prince | | princes *= prince* | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | Houssain Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | | the matter | | | | what *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | Houssain Prince *not said here* | princes | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **undertake** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | | | | | what purpose *obl*; long *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **fatigue** *in a quote* | gerund | we *not said here* | journeys | | | | with the hopes | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus journey=Experiencer | | 7 | **recompense** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | the hand of the charming | the hopes *not said here* | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **breathe** *in a quote* | future | lovely princess | that | | | moment | | tree rules | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/70/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)