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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, sorceress, value, important service), 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:pg65965:13:47 # text = The sultan was much pleased, and to encourage her presented her with a diamond of great value, telling her it was only a forerunner of the ample recompense she should receive when she had performed the important service which he left to her management. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 encourage encourage VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 csubj _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 only only ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 forerunner forerunner NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 ample ample ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 recompense recompense NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 performed perform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 management management NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the sultan | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **encourage** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **present** | past | sorceress | | steepness | | | with a diamond of great value | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with diamond=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | sorceress | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** | past | value | a forerunner | | | | of the ample recompense | tree rules | | 6 | **receive** *not said to happen* | should | sorceress | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **perform** | past · perfect | sorceress | the important service | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme | | 8 | **leave** | past | the important service | | | sorceress's management | | sultan *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to management=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **manage** | | sorceress | | | | | | nom management «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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)