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title: They represented the danger to be greater, as the prince could not r… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: They represented the danger to be greater, as the prince could not reside far from the capital, for on every visit his attendants were different, their habits new, and their arms clean and bright, as if just come from the maker’s hands; and their horses looked as if they had only been walked out. Wh
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 30

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They represented the danger to be greater, as the prince could not reside far from the capital, for on every visit his attendants were different, their habits new, and their arms clean and bright, as if just come from the maker’s hands; and their horses looked as if they had only been walked out.

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**Who acts:** counsellors, prince, attendants, horses · **What happens:** represent, be, not reside, come, look, walk out · **To what, where:** danger, visit, hands, counsellors

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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, prince, attendants, horses), 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:pg65965:13:30
# text = They represented the danger to be greater, as the prince could not reside far from the capital, for on every visit his attendants were different, their habits new, and their arms clean and bright, as if just come from the maker’s hands; and their horses looked as if they had only been walked out.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	reside	reside	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
15	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	det	_	_
23	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	attendants	attendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nsubj	_	_
26	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
27	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	habits	habit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nsubj	_	_
31	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nsubj	_	_
36	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
41	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
42	just	just	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	conj	_	_
44	from	from	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	maker	maker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	’s	's	PART	POS	_	46	case	_	_
48	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	53	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
51	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nsubj	_	_
53	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
54	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
55	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
56	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
57	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
58	only	only	ADV	RB	_	60	advmod	_	_
59	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	60	aux:pass	_	_
60	walked	walk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	ccomp	_	_
61	out	out	ADP	RP	_	60	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **represent** | past | counsellors *= counsellor* | the danger |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot danger=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | counsellors *= counsellor* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | great *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **reside** | could | the prince |  |  |  |  | for every visit; far *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | past | Prince's attendants | every visit *not said here* |  |  |  | different *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | counsellors *= counsellor* *not said here* |  |  | the maker's hands |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hand=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **look** | past | counsellors's horses |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **walk out** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive |  | counsellors *= counsellor* |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |

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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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