--- title: He approached the throne, laid the bottle at the sultan’s feet, kiss… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He approached the throne, laid the bottle at the sultan’s feet, kissed the rich carpet which covered the footstool, and rising, said, “I have brought you, sire, the healthful water which your majesty so much wished for; but at the same time I wish you such health as never to have occasion to make us --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/79/) [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/) / 79 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 79 He approached the throne, laid the bottle at the sultan’s feet, kissed the rich carpet which covered the footstool, and rising, said, “I have brought you, sire, the healthful water which your majesty so much wished for; but at the same time I wish you such health as never to have occasion to make use of it.” **Who acts:** prince, rich carpet, I, healthful water · **What happens:** approach, lay, kiss, cover, rise, say · **To what, where:** throne, bottle, feet, rich carpet, footstool, sire · **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 (prince, rich carpet, I, healthful water), 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:pg65965:14:79 # text = He approached the throne, laid the bottle at the sultan’s feet, kissed the rich carpet which covered the footstool, and rising, said, “I have brought you, sire, the healthful water which your majesty so much wished for; but at the same time I wish you such health as never to have occasion to make use of it.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 footstool footstool NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 ccomp _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 healthful healthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 much much ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 wished wish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 as as SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 ccomp _ _ 62 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 acl _ _ 65 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approach** | past | prince | the throne | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Theme | | 2 | **lay** | past | prince *not said here* | the bottle | | the sultan's feet | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme at foot=Destination | | 3 | **kiss** | past | | the rich carpet | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carpet=Co-Agent | | 4 | **cover** | past | the rich carpet | the footstool | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme footstool=Destination | | 5 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | sire | you | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination sire=Theme | | 8 | **majesty** *in a quote* | | the healthful water | | | | | your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 9 | **wish** *in a quote* | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 10 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | I | you | | | time | such health *obj* | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **have** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | occasion | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Patient | | 12 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | use of use | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset use=Product | | 13 | **use** *in a quote* | | | use | | | | | nom use «act 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/80/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)