--- title: They proceeded the first day’s journey together; and at night when t… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: They proceeded the first day’s journey together; and at night when they were at supper, they agreed to travel for a twelvemonth, and that day a year later to meet again at the khan where they were stopping; so that as they had all three taken leave together of the sultan, they might return in compan --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/9/) [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/) / 9 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 9 They proceeded the first day’s journey together; and at night when they were at supper, they agreed to travel for a twelvemonth, and that day a year later to meet again at the khan where they were stopping; so that as they had all three taken leave together of the sultan, they might return in company. **Who acts:** princes, three, first day · **What happens:** proceed, be, agree, travel, meet, stop · **To what, where:** journey, supper, khan, company 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 (princes, three, first day), 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:pg65965:11:9 # text = They proceeded the first day’s journey together; and at night when they were at supper, they agreed to travel for a twelvemonth, and that day a year later to meet again at the khan where they were stopping; so that as they had all three taken leave together of the sultan, they might return in company. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 together together ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 twelvemonth twelvemonth NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 34 advmod _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 35 again again ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 khan khan NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 49 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 50 det _ _ 50 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nsubj _ _ 51 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 advcl _ _ 52 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 53 together together ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 parataxis _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proceed** | past | princes *= prince* | the first day's journey | | | | together *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | princes *= prince* | | | supper | | | tree rules | | 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | princes *= prince* | | | | night | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **travel** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | | for a twelvemonth | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **meet** | to-infinitive | princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | the khan | again; day | late *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **stop** | past · progressive | princes *= prince* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **have** | past | princes *= prince* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **take** | participle | all three *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **leave** | infinitive | all three | | | | | of the sultan; together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of sultan=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **return** | might | princes *= prince* | | | company | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **journey** | | the first day | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)