--- title: At these words, Schaibar, gazing at Prince Ahmed with a favorable ey… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: At these words, Schaibar, gazing at Prince Ahmed with a favorable eye, which, however, diminished neither his fierceness nor savage look, said, “It is enough for me that he is your husband, to engage me to do for him whatever he wishes.” Who acts: words, favorable eye, fierceness, Ahmed. 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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 (words, favorable eye, fierceness, Ahmed), 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:pg65965:14:97 # text = At these words, Schaibar, gazing at Prince Ahmed with a favorable eye, which, however, diminished neither his fierceness nor savage look, said, “It is enough for me that he is your husband, to engage me to do for him whatever he wishes.” 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Schaibar Schaibar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 gazing gaze VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 favorable favorable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 however however ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 diminished diminish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 23 cc:preconj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 fierceness fierceness NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 26 cc _ _ 25 savage savage ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 ccomp _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 engage engage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 49 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 obj _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gaze** | gerund | this words *not said here* | | | | | with a favorable eye; at Prince Ahmed | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at ahmed=Theme | | 2 | **diminish** | past | a favorable eye | Ahmed's fierceness nor savage look | | | | however *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer fierceness=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | this words | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | fierceness | | | | | for me; enough *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Ahmed | your husband | | | | your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **engage** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | me | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | for husband | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | Ahmed | whatever | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot whatever=Theme | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/96/) - next →: [Opening, part 15, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)