--- title: They represented that it was but common prudence to discover where t… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: They represented that it was but common prudence to discover where the prince had retired, and how he could afford to live so magnificently, since he had no revenue assigned for his expenses; that he seemed to come to court only to insult him, by affecting a more splendid display than himself; and t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/29/) [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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/) / 29 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 29 They represented that it was but common prudence to discover where the prince had retired, and how he could afford to live so magnificently, since he had no revenue assigned for his expenses; that he seemed to come to court only to insult him, by affecting a more splendid display than himself; and that it was to be feared he might court the people’s favor and dethrone him. **Who acts:** counsellors, splendor, Prince, people · **What happens:** represent, be, discover, retire, afford, live · **To what, where:** common prudence, prince, revenue, court, splendid display, splendor This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (counsellors, splendor, Prince, people), 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:pg65965:13:29 # text = They represented that it was but common prudence to discover where the prince had retired, and how he could afford to live so magnificently, since he had no revenue assigned for his expenses; that he seemed to come to court only to insult him, by affecting a more splendid display than himself; and that it was to be feared he might court the people’s favor and dethrone him. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 represented represent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 prudence prudence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 retired retire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 afford afford VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 magnificently magnificently ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 since since SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 revenue revenue NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 assigned assign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 expenses expense NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 insult insult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 by by SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 affecting affect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 52 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 53 advmod _ _ 53 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 display display NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 55 than than ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj:pass _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux:pass _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 feared fear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ’s 's PART POS _ 69 case _ _ 71 favor favor NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 dethrone dethrone VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 conj _ _ 74 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **represent** | past | counsellors *= counsellor* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | splendor | common prudence | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **discover** | to-infinitive | counsellors *= counsellor* *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **retire** | past · perfect · passive | | the prince | | | | | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 5 | **afford** | could | Prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **live** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | magnificently *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past | Prince | no revenue | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revenue=Patient | | 8 | **assign** | participle | | no revenue *not said here* | | | | for Prince's expenses *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for expense=Goal | | 9 | **seem** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 10 | **come** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | court | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to court=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **insult** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 12 | **affect** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | a splendid display | | | | than Prince | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus display=Experiencer | | 13 | **fear** | past · passive | | splendor | | | | the people's favor *obj* | tree rules | | 14 | **court** | might | Prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 15 | **dethrone** | infinitive | | Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 16 | **favor** | | the people | | | | | | nom favor «act 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/30/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)