--- title: Will they not at once disappear by the power they possess of renderi… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Will they not at once disappear by the power they possess of rendering themselves invisible, and transport themselves instantly to the fairy, and give her an account of the insult offered her husband? Who acts: councillors, account. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Pen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/93/) [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/) / 93 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 93 Will they not at once disappear by the power they possess of rendering themselves invisible, and transport themselves instantly to the fairy, and give her an account of the insult offered her husband? **Who acts:** councillors, account · **What happens:** not disappear, possess, render, transport, give, offer · **To what, where:** councillors, fairy, retinue, husband, insult 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 (councillors, account), 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:pg65965:13:93 # text = Will they not at once disappear by the power they possess of rendering themselves invisible, and transport themselves instantly to the fairy, and give her an account of the insult offered her husband? 1 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 obl _ _ 6 disappear disappear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 rendering render VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 transport transport VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 19 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 insult insult NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 offered offer VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **disappear** | future | councillors *= councillor* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **possess** | present | councillors *= councillor* | | | | | by the power | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **render** | gerund | councillors *= councillor* *not said here* | councillors *= councillor* | | | | invisible *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | | 4 | **transport** | infinitive | councillors *= councillor* *not said here* | councillors *= councillor* | the fairy | | | instantly *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme to fairy=Destination | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | councillors *= councillor* *not said here* | | retinue | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **offer** | past | a account of the insult | account's husband | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | | 7 | **account** | | | the insult | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/94/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)