--- title: The sultan expressed great obligation to the prince for so noble a p… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The sultan expressed great obligation to the prince for so noble a present, desiring him to return his thanks to the fairy; and to show what a value he set on it, ordered it to be carefully laid up in his treasury. Who acts: sultan. 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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), 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:pg65965:14:42 # text = The sultan expressed great obligation to the prince for so noble a present, desiring him to return his thanks to the fairy; and to show what a value he set on it, ordered it to be carefully laid up in his treasury. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 expressed express VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 obligation obligation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 desiring desire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 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 : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 show show VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 ccomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 40 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **express** | past | the sultan | great obligation | the prince | | | for a noble present | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent obligation=Theme to prince=Recipient | | 2 | **desire** | gerund | the sultan *not said here* | sultan | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the sultan *not said here* | sultan's thanks | the fairy | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme to fairy=Destination | | 4 | **show** | to-infinitive | | | | | | what a value *ccomp* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **set** | past | sultan | a value *not said here* | | value | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent value=Theme on it=Destination | | 6 | **order** | past | | value | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **lay up** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | sultan's treasury | | carefully *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in treasury=Destination | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/43/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)