--- title: He made the most diligent search after Ahmed, and despatched messeng… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He made the most diligent search after Ahmed, and despatched messengers to all the provinces of his kingdom, with orders to the governors to stop him, and oblige him to return to court; but all the pains he took had not the desired success; and his affliction, instead of diminishing, increased. 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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), 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:pg65965:12:66 # text = He made the most diligent search after Ahmed, and despatched messengers to all the provinces of his kingdom, with orders to the governors to stop him, and oblige him to return to court; but all the pains he took had not the desired success; and his affliction, instead of diminishing, increased. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 diligent diligent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 despatched despatch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 12 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 provinces province NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 governors governor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 oblige oblige VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 pains pain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 amod _ _ 48 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 affliction affliction NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 56 mark _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 54 fixed _ _ 56 diminishing diminish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 increased increase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Prince | the diligent search | | | after Ahmed | Prince's affliction *parataxis*; all pains *conj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent search=Product | | 2 | **despatch** | participle | Prince *not said here* | messengers | | | | to all provinces of Prince's kingdom; with orders to the governors | tree rules | | 3 | **stop** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality | | 4 | **oblige** | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **return** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | to court *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to court=Result | | 6 | **take** | past | Prince | all pains *not said here* | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent pain=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **have** | past | Prince *not said here* | the desired success | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **desire** | participle | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **diminish** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **increase** | participle | | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **afflict** | | Prince | | | | | | nom affliction «state 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/67/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)