--- title: They at last led her to the iron gate at which Prince Ahmed had brou… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: They at last led her to the iron gate at which Prince Ahmed had brought her in; and after she had taken her leave of them, and thanked them for their trouble, they opened it, and wished her a good journey. Who acts: words, sorceress. 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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 (words, 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:pg65965:13:79 # text = They at last led her to the iron gate at which Prince Ahmed had brought her in; and after she had taken her leave of them, and thanked them for their trouble, they opened it, and wished her a good journey. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 nmod _ _ 4 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 after after SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | words *= word* | sorceress | | the iron gate | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to gate=Destination | | 2 | **bring in** | past · perfect · passive | | Prince Ahmed | | the iron gate | | sorceress *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past · perfect | sorceress | sorceress's leave of words | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 4 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | words *= word* *not said here* | | words *= word* | | | for words's trouble | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Theme for trouble=Attribute | | 5 | **open** | past | words *= word* | leave | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 6 | **wish** | past | words *= word* *not said here* | sorceress | | | | a good journey *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **trouble** | | words *= word* | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/80/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)