--- title: After the prince had concluded his compliment, the sultan placed him… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: After the prince had concluded his compliment, the sultan placed him on his right hand, and said, “Son, I am much obliged to you for this valuable present, as also for the great danger you have exposed yourself to on my account; but I have one thing yet to ask of you, after which I shall expect noth --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/80/) [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/) / 80 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 80 After the prince had concluded his compliment, the sultan placed him on his right hand, and said, “Son, I am much obliged to you for this valuable present, as also for the great danger you have exposed yourself to on my account; but I have one thing yet to ask of you, after which I shall expect nothing more from your obedience, nor from your interest with your fairy wife. **Who acts:** sultan, you, prince, my, your · **What happens:** conclude, place, say, oblige, expose, have · **To what, where:** compliment, interest, prince, right hand, sultan, 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 (sultan, you, prince, my), 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:pg65965:14:80 # text = After the prince had concluded his compliment, the sultan placed him on his right hand, and said, “Son, I am much obliged to you for this valuable present, as also for the great danger you have exposed yourself to on my account; but I have one thing yet to ask of you, after which I shall expect nothing more from your obedience, nor from your interest with your fairy wife. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 concluded conclude VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 compliment compliment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 26 much much ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 32 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 36 also also ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 exposed expose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 44 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 43 xcomp _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 53 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 yet yet ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 advcl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 after after ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 obl _ _ 63 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 66 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 65 obj _ _ 67 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 65 advmod _ _ 68 from from ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 obedience obedience NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 72 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 75 cc _ _ 73 from from ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 76 with with ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 77 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 79 nmod:poss _ _ 78 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 compound _ _ 79 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conclude** | past · perfect | | prince's compliment | | your interest with your fairy wife | after the prince | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent compliment=Theme from interest=Source | | 2 | **place** | past | the sultan | prince | | prince's right hand | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on hand=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the sultan *not said here* | | | | | Son *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **oblige** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the sultan *= sultan* | you | | | for this valuable present | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **expose** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | yourself | | my account | | for the great danger | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot yourself=Topic | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the sultan *= sultan* | one thing | | | yet | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the sultan *= sultan* *not said here* | | | | | of you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of you=Recipient | | 8 | **expect** *in a quote* | shall | the sultan *= sultan* | nothing | | | | which *obl* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | | 9 | **compliment** | | prince | | | | | | nom compliment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **account** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **obey** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom obedience «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **interest** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | with your fairy wife | nom interest «cognition transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)