--- title: A charger, which was most richly caparisoned, and as beautiful a cre… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: A charger, which was most richly caparisoned, and as beautiful a creature as any in the sultan’s stables, was brought to him, and he set forward on his journey. Who acts: Ahmed. 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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 (Ahmed), 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:pg65965:13:3 # text = A charger, which was most richly caparisoned, and as beautiful a creature as any in the sultan’s stables, was brought to him, and he set forward on his journey. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 charger charger NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 richly richly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 caparisoned caparison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 14 nmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 stables stable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 forward forward ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **caparison** | past · passive | | a charger | | | | a beautiful creature as any in the sultan's stables *obl*; richly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | past · passive | | a charger | Ahmed | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to he=Destination | | 3 | **set forward** | past | Ahmed | | | Ahmed's journey | | forward *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on journey=Destination | | 4 | **journey** | | Ahmed | | | | | | nom journey «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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/4/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)