--- title: When she thought the prince and his attendants must have advanced fa… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: When she thought the prince and his attendants must have advanced far into whatever concealment they inhabited, she came out of the place where she had hidden herself, and explored the spot where she had lost sight of them, but could perceive nothing. Who acts: sorceress, attendants. 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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 (sorceress, attendants), 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:pg65965:13:45 # text = When she thought the prince and his attendants must have advanced far into whatever concealment they inhabited, she came out of the place where she had hidden herself, and explored the spot where she had lost sight of them, but could perceive nothing. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux _ _ 11 advanced advance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 12 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 whatever whatever DET WDT PronType=Int 15 det _ _ 15 concealment concealment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 inhabited inhabit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 explored explore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 perceive perceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 46 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | sorceress | the prince | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot prince=Theme | | 2 | **advance** | must · perfect · passive | | Prince's attendants | | whatever concealment | | far *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **inhabit** | past | attendants *= attendant* | whatever concealment *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come out** | past | sorceress | the place | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient place=Result | | 5 | **hide** | past · perfect | sorceress | sorceress | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | | 6 | **explore** | past | | the spot | | | | | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent spot=Location | | 7 | **lose** | past · perfect | sorceress | sight of attendants | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | | 8 | **perceive** | could | | nothing | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 9 | **sight** | | | attendants *= attendant* | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)