--- title: In short, his grief was so great that he left the court, and renounc… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: In short, his grief was so great that he left the court, and renounced all right of succession to the crown, to turn dervish, and put himself under the discipline of a famous holy man, who had gained great reputation for his holy life. Who acts: grief, Prince, famous holy man. 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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 (grief, Prince, famous holy man), 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:pg65965:12:29 # text = In short, his grief was so great that he left the court, and renounced all right of succession to the crown, to turn dervish, and put himself under the discipline of a famous holy man, who had gained great reputation for his holy life. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 renounced renounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 all all ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 succession succession NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 27 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 under under ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 discipline discipline NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 gained gain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ _ 44 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 reputation reputation NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Prince's grief | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | past | Prince | the court | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme | | 3 | **renounce** | past | | | | | | right *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **turn** | to-infinitive | | dervish | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dervish=Theme | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | | Prince | | the discipline of a famous holy man | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme under discipline=Destination | | 6 | **gain** | past · perfect | a famous holy man | great reputation | | | | for Prince's holy life | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent reputation=Theme for life=Source | | 8 | **discipline** | | | a famous holy man | | | | | nom discipline «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/30/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)