--- title: The two attendants, after they had told the sorceress how glad they… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The two attendants, after they had told the sorceress how glad they were that she was cured so soon, walked before her, and conducted her through several apartments, all more superb than that wherein she had lain, into a large hall, the most richly and magnificently furnished of all the palace. 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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 (two attendants), 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:pg65965:13:72 # text = The two attendants, after they had told the sorceress how glad they were that she was cured so soon, walked before her, and conducted her through several apartments, all more superb than that wherein she had lain, into a large hall, the most richly and magnificently furnished of all the palace. 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 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sorceress sorceress NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 iobj _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 12 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 cured cure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 22 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 before before ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 through through ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 apartments apartment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 all all ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 advmod _ _ 35 superb superb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 parataxis _ _ 36 than than ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 obl _ _ 38 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 lain lie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 50 advmod _ _ 50 richly richly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 magnificently magnificently ADV RB _ 50 conj _ _ 53 furnished furnish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl:relcl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 57 det:predet _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | the two attendants *not said here* | attendants *= attendant* | the sorceress | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient sorceress=Topic | | 2 | **cure** | past · passive | | attendants *= attendant* | | | | sorceress *nsubj*; soon *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source | | 3 | **walk** | past | the two attendants | | | | before sorceress | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before she=Trajectory | | 4 | **conduct** | past | the two attendants *not said here* | sorceress | | several apartments | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme through apartment=Destination | | 5 | **lie** | past · perfect · passive | | sorceress | | | | a large hall *appos*; wherein *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **furnish** | participle | | a large hall *not said here* | | | | of all palace; richly *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)