--- title: “As this is the case,” added the sultan, “I must resort to other mea… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “As this is the case,” added the sultan, “I must resort to other means to determine the choice I ought to make; and as there is time enough between now and night, I will do it to-day. Who acts: this, sultan, time. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, sultan, time), 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:pg65965:12:19 # text = “As this is the case,” added the sultan, “I must resort to other means to determine the choice I ought to make; and as there is time enough between now and night, I will do it to-day. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 As as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 nsubj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 resort resort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obl _ _ 19 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 determine determine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 32 expl _ _ 32 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 34 enough enough ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 between between ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | this | | | | | as the case | tree rules | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | the sultan | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **resort** *in a quote* | must | the sultan *= sultan* | | | | | to other *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to other=Result | | 4 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **determine** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the choice | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Topic | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 7 | **does** *in a quote* | present | time and night | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | future | the sultan *= sultan* | choice | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)