--- title: “Sire,” replied Prince Ahmed, “I could not bear to resign the Prince… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “Sire,” replied Prince Ahmed, “I could not bear to resign the Princess Nouronnihar to my brother Ali, and I felt that my arrow, though it could not be found, had gone beyond his. Who acts: Sire. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/) / 7 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 7 “Sire,” replied Prince Ahmed, “I could not bear to resign the Princess Nouronnihar to my brother Ali, and I felt that my arrow, though it could not be found, had gone beyond his. **Who acts:** Sire · **What happens:** reply, not bear, resign, feel, not find, go · **To what, where:** Prince Ahmed, Princess Nouronnihar, brother, Sire · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sire), 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:pg65965:13:7 # text = “Sire,” replied Prince Ahmed, “I could not bear to resign the Princess Nouronnihar to my brother Ali, and I felt that my arrow, though it could not be found, had gone beyond his. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 resign resign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 though though SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 40 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Sire | Prince Ahmed | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **bear** *in a quote* | could | Sire | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **resign** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Sire *not said here* | the Princess Nouronnihar | my brother | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nouronnihar=Theme to brother=Recipient | | 4 | **feel** *in a quote* | past | Sire | | | | | my arrow *advcl* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **find** *in a quote* | could · passive | | Sire | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Sire *not said here* | | | | | beyond Ahmed | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beyond his=Location | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)