--- title: The sorceress, knowing the time when Prince Ahmed would again visit… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The sorceress, knowing the time when Prince Ahmed would again visit his father, went shortly before that time to the foot of the rock where she had lost sight of him and his attendants, and waited there to execute the project she had formed. Who acts: sorceress, Prince Ahmed. 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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, Prince Ahmed), 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:pg65965:13:48 # text = The sorceress, knowing the time when Prince Ahmed would again visit his father, went shortly before that time to the foot of the rock where she had lost sight of him and his attendants, and waited there to execute the project she had formed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sorceress sorceress NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 8 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 again again ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 before before ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 40 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 execute execute VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 project project NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | gerund | the sorceress *not said here* | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **visit** | would | Prince Ahmed | Ahmed's father | | | again | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Co-Agent | | 3 | **go** | past | the sorceress | | | the foot of the rock | time | shortly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to foot=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **lose** | past · perfect | sorceress | sight of Ahmed | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | | 5 | **wait** | past | the sorceress *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **execute** | to-infinitive | the sorceress *not said here* | the project | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent project=Patient | | 7 | **form** | past · perfect | sorceress | the project *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location project=Theme | | 8 | **sight** | | | Ahmed | | | | | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)