--- title: When the courtiers had concluded these insinuations, the sultan said… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: When the courtiers had concluded these insinuations, the sultan said, “I do not believe my son Ahmed would act as you would persuade me; however, I am obliged to you for your advice, and do not doubt that it proceeds from your loyalty to my person.” Who acts: sultan, son, you, majesty. 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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 (sultan, son, you, majesty), 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:pg65965:13:32 # text = When the courtiers had concluded these insinuations, the sultan said, “I do not believe my son Ahmed would act as you would persuade me; however, I am obliged to you for your advice, and do not doubt that it proceeds from your loyalty to my person.” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 concluded conclude VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 insinuations insinuation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 however however ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 doubt doubt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 proceeds proceed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 loyalty loyalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conclude** | past · perfect · passive | | the courtiers | | | | this insinuations *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the sultan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **believe** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the sultan *= sultan* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **act** *in a quote* | would | my son | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **persuade** *in a quote* | would | you | the sultan *= sultan* | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 6 | **oblige** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the sultan *= sultan* | you | | | for your advice; however *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **not** **doubt** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **proceed** *in a quote* | present | majesty | | | your loyalty | | to my person | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/33/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)