--- title: While the princess was dressing, the princes went to throw themselve… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: While the princess was dressing, the princes went to throw themselves at the sultan their father’s feet; but when they came to him, they found he had been previously informed of their unexpected arrival by the chief of the princess’s guards, and by what means the princess had been so suddenly cured. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/10/) [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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/) / 10 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 10 While the princess was dressing, the princes went to throw themselves at the sultan their father’s feet; but when they came to him, they found he had been previously informed of their unexpected arrival by the chief of the princess’s guards, and by what means the princess had been so suddenly cured. **Who acts:** princess, princes, women, chief · **What happens:** dress, go, throw, come, find, inform · **To what, where:** women, sultan, Prince, princess · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, princes, women, chief), 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:pg65965:12:10 # text = While the princess was dressing, the princes went to throw themselves at the sultan their father’s feet; but when they came to him, they found he had been previously informed of their unexpected arrival by the chief of the princess’s guards, and by what means the princess had been so suddenly cured. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 dressing dress VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 previously previously ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 unexpected unexpected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’s 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 51 nsubj _ _ 51 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 55 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 58 aux:pass _ _ 56 so so ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 57 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 cured cure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dress** | past · progressive | the princess | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | past | the princes | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **throw** | to-infinitive | the princes *not said here* | women *= woman* | | the sultan women's father's feet | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme at sultan=Destination | | 4 | **come** | past | women *= woman* | | Prince | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **find** | past | women *= woman* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **inform** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | the chief of the princess's guards | Prince | | | | of women's unexpected arrival; previously *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient of arrival=Topic | | 7 | **mean** | present | | | | | | what *nsubj* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **cure** | past · perfect · passive | | the princess | | | | suddenly *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source | | 9 | **arrive** | | women *= woman* | | | | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)