--- title: On looking about, the prince beheld an iron door, which seemed to be… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: On looking about, the prince beheld an iron door, which seemed to be locked; but on his pushing against it, it opened, and revealed a staircase, which he walked down with his arrow in his hand. Who acts: prince, iron door, door, staircase. 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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 (prince, iron door, door, staircase), 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:pg65965:12:37 # text = On looking about, the prince beheld an iron door, which seemed to be locked; but on his pushing against it, it opened, and revealed a staircase, which he walked down with his arrow in his hand. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 about about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 iron iron ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 19 on on SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 pushing push VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 22 against against ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 revealed reveal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 staircase staircase NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 down down ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | the prince *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **behold** | past | the prince | a iron door | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer door=Stimulus | | 3 | **seem** | past | a iron door | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **lock** | to-infinitive · passive | a iron door *not said here* | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 5 | **push** | gerund | Prince | | | | | against door | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent against it=Theme | | 6 | **open** | past | door | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **reveal** | past | the prince *not said here* | a staircase | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staircase=Topic | | 8 | **walk down** | past | a staircase | | | | | with Prince's arrow in Prince's hand; Prince *nsubj*; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/38/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)