--- title: The two attendants returned in an hour’s time and found the sorceres… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The two attendants returned in an hour’s time and found the sorceress seated on the sofa; who, when she saw them open the door of the apartment, cried out, “Oh, the admirable potion! Who acts: sorceress. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Open --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/70/) [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/) / 70 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 70 The two attendants returned in an hour’s time and found the sorceress seated on the sofa; who, when she saw them open the door of the apartment, cried out, “Oh, the admirable potion! **Who acts:** sorceress · **What happens:** return, find, seat, see, open, cry out · **To what, where:** two attendants, sorceress, sofa, attendants, door, admirable potion 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 (sorceress), 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:pg65965:13:70 # text = The two attendants returned in an hour’s time and found the sorceress seated on the sofa; who, when she saw them open the door of the apartment, cried out, “Oh, the admirable potion! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sorceress sorceress NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 apartment apartment NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 cried cry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 admirable admirable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 potion potion NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | participle | | the two attendants *not said here* | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | | the sorceress | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sorceress=Topic | | 3 | **seat** | participle | | the sorceress *not said here* | | the sofa | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 4 | **see** | past | sorceress | attendants *= attendant* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 5 | **open** | infinitive | the sorceress | the door of the apartment | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 6 | **cry out** *speech: express* | participle | the sorceress *not said here* | the admirable potion | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/71/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)