--- title: Guarded in this manner he arrived at the capital of the Indies; but… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Guarded in this manner he arrived at the capital of the Indies; but the lions never left him till they had conducted him to the gates of the sultan’s palace; after which they returned the way they had come, though not without alarming the populace, who fled or hid themselves to avoid them, notwithst --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/77/) [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/) / 77 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 77 Guarded in this manner he arrived at the capital of the Indies; but the lions never left him till they had conducted him to the gates of the sultan’s palace; after which they returned the way they had come, though not without alarming the populace, who fled or hid themselves to avoid them, notwithstanding they walked gently and showed no signs of fierceness. **Who acts:** prince, lions, populace · **What happens:** guard, arrive, not leave, conduct, return, come · **To what, where:** manner, capital, prince, gates, way, populace 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 (prince, lions, populace), 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:pg65965:14:77 # text = Guarded in this manner he arrived at the capital of the Indies; but the lions never left him till they had conducted him to the gates of the sultan’s palace; after which they returned the way they had come, though not without alarming the populace, who fled or hid themselves to avoid them, notwithstanding they walked gently and showed no signs of fierceness. 1 Guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Indies Indy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 17 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 till till SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 conducted conduct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 after after ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obl _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 though though SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 46 without without SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 47 alarming alarm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 populace populace NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 or or CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 55 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 54 obj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 advcl _ _ 58 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 notwithstanding notwithstand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 advcl _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 ccomp _ _ 63 gently gently ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 conj _ _ 66 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 67 det _ _ 67 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obj _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 fierceness fierceness NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | participle | prince *not said here* | | | this manner | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **arrive** | past | prince | | | the capital of the Indies | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **leave** | past | the lions | prince | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **conduct** | past · perfect | lions *= lion* | prince | | the gates of the sultan's palace | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to gate=Destination | | 5 | **return** | past | lions *= lion* | the way | | | | which *obl* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past · perfect | lions *= lion* | the way *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 7 | **not** **alarm** | gerund | lions *= lion* *not said here* | the populace | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus populace=Experiencer | | 8 | **flee** | past | the populace | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **hide** | past | the populace *not said here* | lions *= lion* | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 10 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | the populace *not said here* | lions *= lion* | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent they=Location | | 11 | **notwithstand** | gerund | the populace *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **walk** | past | lions *= lion* | | | | | gently *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **show** | past | lions *= lion* *not said here* | no signs of fierceness | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sign=Recipient | | 14 | **sign** | | | fierceness | | | | | nom sign «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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)