--- title: Next day the prince returned to Perie Banou, to whom he related his… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Next day the prince returned to Perie Banou, to whom he related his father’s new demand, “which,” he said, “I look on to be a thing more difficult than the two first, for I cannot imagine there is or can be such a man in the world. Who acts: prince, I, father. 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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 (prince, I, father), 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:pg65965:14:82 # text = Next day the prince returned to Perie Banou, to whom he related his father’s new demand, “which,” he said, “I look on to be a thing more difficult than the two first, for I cannot imagine there is or can be such a man in the world. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Perie Perie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 Banou Banou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 30 on on ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 parataxis _ _ 35 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 36 advmod _ _ 36 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 37 than than ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 obl _ _ 40 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 47 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 48 expl _ _ 48 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 50 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 52 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 54 det:predet _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the prince | | Perie | | day | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to perie=Result | | 2 | **relate** | past | prince | prince's father's new demand | | | | whom *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent demand=Topic to whom=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | which *nsubj*; prince *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **look on** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | first *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a thing | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **imagine** *in a quote* | can | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | I *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | can | I *not said here* | such man | | the world | | | tree rules | | 9 | **demand** | | prince's father | | | | | | nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)