--- title: Prince Ali shot next, and much beyond him, and Prince Ahmed last of… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Ali shot next, and much beyond him, and Prince Ahmed last of all; but it so happened that nobody saw where his arrow fell; and notwithstanding all the search made by himself and the spectators, it was not to be found. Who acts: Ali, it, nobody, arrow. 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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 (Ali, it, nobody, arrow), 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:pg65965:12:25 # text = Prince Ali shot next, and much beyond him, and Prince Ahmed last of all; but it so happened that nobody saw where his arrow fell; and notwithstanding all the search made by himself and the spectators, it was not to be found. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 next next ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ 8 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 14 last last ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 24 nsubj _ _ 24 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 notwithstanding notwithstand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 spectators spectator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | past | Ali Prince | much | | | | beyond Prince; Prince Ahmed *obl*; next *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent much=Theme beyond he=Destination | | 2 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | nobody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **fall** | past | Prince's arrow | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **notwithstand** | gerund | Ali Prince *not said here* | all search | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | participle | | all search *not said here* | | | | by arrow | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 7 | **not** **find** | past · passive | | search | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)