--- title: In the evening, when the sultan was surrounded as usual by all his c… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: In the evening, when the sultan was surrounded as usual by all his court, and the prince came to pay his respects among the rest, he addressed him in these words: “Son, I have already expressed to you how much I am obliged for the present of the tent you have procured me, which I esteem the most val --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/45/) [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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/) / 45 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 45 In the evening, when the sultan was surrounded as usual by all his court, and the prince came to pay his respects among the rest, he addressed him in these words: “Son, I have already expressed to you how much I am obliged for the present of the tent you have procured me, which I esteem the most valuable article in my treasury; but you must do one thing more, which will be no less agreeable to me. **Who acts:** court, prince, sultan, smallness, you · **What happens:** surround, come, pay, address, express, oblige · **To what, where:** sultan, respects, prince, words, much, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (court, prince, sultan, smallness), 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:pg65965:14:45 # text = In the evening, when the sultan was surrounded as usual by all his court, and the prince came to pay his respects among the rest, he addressed him in these words: “Son, I have already expressed to you how much I am obliged for the present of the tent you have procured me, which I esteem the most valuable article in my treasury; but you must do one thing more, which will be no less agreeable to me. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 respects respects NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 among among ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 already already ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 expressed express VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 46 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obj _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 procured procure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 55 acl:relcl _ _ 59 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 obj _ _ 62 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 esteem esteem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 65 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 66 advmod _ _ 66 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 article article NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ; ; PUNCT : _ 75 punct _ _ 72 but but CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 73 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 74 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 75 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 76 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 77 nummod _ _ 77 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obj _ _ 78 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 80 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 85 nsubj _ _ 81 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 85 aux _ _ 82 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 85 cop _ _ 83 no no ADV RB _ 84 advmod _ _ 84 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 85 advmod _ _ 85 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 conj _ _ 86 to to ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 87 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 85 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surround** | past · passive | sultan's court | the sultan | | | evening | as usual | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | the prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pay** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | sultan's respects | | | | among the rest | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respects=Asset | | 4 | **address** | past | sultan | | prince | this words | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination | | 5 | **express** *in a quote* | present · perfect | smallness | much | you | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent much=Theme to you=Recipient | | 6 | **oblige** *in a quote* | present · passive | | smallness | | | | for the present of the tent | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **procure** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | smallness | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **esteem** *in a quote* | present | smallness | the tent | | | | the valuable article *obj* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent which=Theme article=Attribute | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | must | you | one thing | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | future | | | smallness | | | which *nsubj*; agreeable, less *property* | tree rules | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)