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title: The Sultan of the Indies having heard all that the princes had to sa… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: The Sultan of the Indies having heard all that the princes had to say in favor of their rarities remained some time silent, considering what answer he should make. Who acts: princes, rarities, Prince. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 13

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The Sultan of the Indies having heard all that the princes had to say in favor of their rarities remained some time silent, considering what answer he should make.

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**Who acts:** princes, rarities, Prince · **What happens:** hear, have, say, remain, consider, answer · **To what, where:** Sultan, favor · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (princes, rarities, Prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg65965:12:13
# text = The Sultan of the Indies having heard all that the princes had to say in favor of their rarities remained some time silent, considering what answer he should make.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Indies	Indy	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux	_	_
7	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	favor	favor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	rarities	rarity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
20	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
21	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	22	det	_	_
22	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	considering	consider	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	advcl	_	_
26	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	27	obj	_	_
27	answer	answer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | gerund · perfect · passive |  | the Sultan of the Indies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | the princes |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the princes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **remain** | past | women's rarities |  |  | favor | time |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in favor=Location |
| 5 | **consider** | gerund | women's rarities *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | women's rarities *not said here* |  |  |  |  | what *obj* | tree rules |
| 7 | **make** | should | Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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