--- title: As soon as the order was given, the Princes Ali and Ahmed sat down b… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the order was given, the Princes Ali and Ahmed sat down by Houssain, and as their interest was the same, they all framed the same wish, and were transported instantaneously into the Princess Nouronnihar’s chamber. Who acts: Princes Ali, interest, Ali. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; S --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/3/) [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/) / 3 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 3 As soon as the order was given, the Princes Ali and Ahmed sat down by Houssain, and as their interest was the same, they all framed the same wish, and were transported instantaneously into the Princess Nouronnihar’s chamber. **Who acts:** Princes Ali, interest, Ali · **What happens:** give, sit down, be, frame, transport, interest · **To what, where:** order, same wish, chamber 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 Ali, interest, Ali), 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:pg65965:12:3 # text = As soon as the order was given, the Princes Ali and Ahmed sat down by Houssain, and as their interest was the same, they all framed the same wish, and were transported instantaneously into the Princess Nouronnihar’s chamber. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Princes Princes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 down down ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Houssain Houssain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 all all ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 framed frame VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 transported transport VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 37 instantaneously instantaneously ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | | the order | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **sit down** | past | the Princes Ali and Ahmed | | | | | by Houssain; soon *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by houssain=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | Ali's interest | | | | | same *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **frame** | past | Ali | the same wish | | | | all *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent wish=Destination | | 5 | **transport** | past · passive | Ali *not said here* | | | the Princess Nouronnihar's chamber | | instantaneously *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 6 | **interest** | | Ali | | | | | | nom interest «cognition transitive»: 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/4/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)