--- title: The sorceress was obliged to be satisfied with the insufficient disc… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The sorceress was obliged to be satisfied with the insufficient discovery she had made, and returned to communicate it to the sultan; but at the same time informed him that she did not despair of obtaining the information he wished. Who acts: sorceress, despair, Prince. 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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, despair, Prince), 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:pg65965:13:46 # text = The sorceress was obliged to be satisfied with the insufficient discovery she had made, and returned to communicate it to the sultan; but at the same time informed him that she did not despair of obtaining the information he wished. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sorceress sorceress NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 insufficient insufficient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 discovery discovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 communicate communicate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 30 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 obtaining obtain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the sorceress | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with the insufficient discovery; satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect | sorceress | the insufficient discovery *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent discovery=Product | | 4 | **return** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **communicate** | to-infinitive | | sight | the sultan | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to sultan=Recipient | | 6 | **inform** *speech: other* | participle | | | Prince | | time | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **do** | past | sorceress | despair | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent despair=Eventuality | | 8 | **obtain** | gerund | despair *not said here* | the information | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset information=Theme | | 9 | **wish** | past | Prince | the information *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot information=Theme | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/47/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)