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title: Meanwhile the Sultan of the Indies, in the midst of the rejoicings o… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: Meanwhile the Sultan of the Indies, in the midst of the rejoicings on account of the nuptials of Prince Ali and the Princess Nouronnihar, was deeply afflicted at the absence of the other two princes his sons. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens,
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 64

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Meanwhile the Sultan of the Indies, in the midst of the rejoicings on account of the nuptials of Prince Ali and the Princess Nouronnihar, was deeply afflicted at the absence of the other two princes his sons.

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**What happens:** afflict, account, absent · **To what, where:** absence, nuptials, other two princes

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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: what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg65965:12:64
# text = Meanwhile the Sultan of the Indies, in the midst of the rejoicings on account of the nuptials of Prince Ali and the Princess Nouronnihar, was deeply afflicted at the absence of the other two princes his sons.
1	Meanwhile	meanwhile	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Indies	Indy	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rejoicings	rejoicing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	nuptials	nuptial	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod:desc	_	_
21	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	Nouronnihar	Nouronnihar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
27	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux:pass	_	_
28	deeply	deeply	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	afflicted	afflict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
30	at	at	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
35	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
36	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	37	nummod	_	_
37	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	29	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **afflict** | past · passive |  |  |  | the absence of the other two princes |  | deeply, meanwhile *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 2 | **account** |  |  | the nuptials of Ali  Prince and the Princess Nouronnihar |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **absent** |  |  | the other two princes |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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