--- title: When Prince Ahmed had taken the tube out of Ali’s hands, and saw tha… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: When Prince Ahmed had taken the tube out of Ali’s hands, and saw that the Princess Nouronnihar’s end was so near, he addressed himself to his two companions, and said, “Brothers, the Princess Nouronnihar, whom we all equally loved, is indeed just at death’s door; but provided we make haste and lose --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/73/) [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/) / 73 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 73 When Prince Ahmed had taken the tube out of Ali’s hands, and saw that the Princess Nouronnihar’s end was so near, he addressed himself to his two companions, and said, “Brothers, the Princess Nouronnihar, whom we all equally loved, is indeed just at death’s door; but provided we make haste and lose no time, we may preserve her life. **Who acts:** end, Ahmed, we, door · **What happens:** take, see, be, address, say, love · **To what, where:** Prince Ahmed, hands, Ahmed, Brothers, door, haste · **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 (end, Ahmed, we, door), 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:pg65965:11:73 # text = When Prince Ahmed had taken the tube out of Ali’s hands, and saw that the Princess Nouronnihar’s end was so near, he addressed himself to his two companions, and said, “Brothers, the Princess Nouronnihar, whom we all equally loved, is indeed just at death’s door; but provided we make haste and lose no time, we may preserve her life. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tube tube NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 near near ADV RB _ 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 28 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 42 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 45 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 all all ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 equally equally ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 51 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 52 just just ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’s 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 60 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 ccomp _ _ 62 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 65 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 66 det _ _ 66 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 69 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 preserve preserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 conj _ _ 71 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | Prince Ahmed | | Ali's hands | | the tube *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme tube=Destination | | 2 | **see** | past | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | the Princess Nouronnihar's end | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **address** | past | Ahmed | Ahmed | | | | to Ahmed's two companions | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | Brothers and the Princess | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **love** *in a quote* | participle | we | Brothers and the Princess | | | | all, equally *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | death's door | | death *nmod:poss*; indeed *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **provide** *in a quote* | past | death's door *not said here* | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme | | 9 | **make** *in a quote* | present | we | haste | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haste=Product | | 10 | **lose** *in a quote* | present | we *not said here* | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **preserve** *in a quote* | may | we | princess's life | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Beneficiary | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)