--- title: After having informed his councillors of all he had learned, and of… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: After having informed his councillors of all he had learned, and of his fears of the influence of the fairy over his son, one of them said, “The author of this mischief is in your majesty’s power. Who acts: sultan, fears, author. 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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 (sultan, fears, author), 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:pg65965:13:88 # text = After having informed his councillors of all he had learned, and of his fears of the influence of the fairy over his son, one of them said, “The author of this mischief is in your majesty’s power. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux _ _ 3 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 councillors councillor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 fears fear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund · perfect | | sultan's councillors of all | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent councillor=Recipient | | 2 | **learn** | past · perfect | sultan | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sultan's fears of the influence of the fairy over sultan's son | | | | | one of councillors *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the author of this mischief | | | your majesty's power | | your majesty *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **fear** | | sultan | the influence of the fairy over sultan's son | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/89/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)