--- title: Opening, part 15 — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · full text with trees description: Opening, part 15, «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: “The sultan his father,” replied Perie Banou, “has a curiosity to see you, and I desire he may be your guide to the su --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/) [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 15 # Opening, part 15 Opening, part 15 of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens: the whole text, 117 sentences and 2531 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/page/2/) “The sultan his father,” replied Perie Banou, “has a curiosity to see you, and I desire he may be your guide to the sultan’s court.”[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") “He needs but lead the way; I will follow him,” replied Schaibar.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") The next morning, Schaibar set out with Prince Ahmed to visit the sultan.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") When they arrived at the gates of the capital, the people, as soon as they saw Schaibar, either hid themselves in their shops and houses, and shut their doors, or they took to their heels, and communicated their fear to all they met.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") They stayed not to look behind them; insomuch that Schaibar and Prince Ahmed, as they went along, found all the streets and squares desolate, till they came to the palace, where the guards, instead of preventing Schaibar from entering, ran away too.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") Thus the prince and he advanced without any obstacle to the council-hall, where the sultan was seated on his throne surrounded by his councillors.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") Schaibar haughtily approached the throne, and without waiting for Prince Ahmed to present him, thus addressed the sultan: “Thou hast sent for me.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") What dost thou wish?”[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") The sultan, instead of answering, put his hands before his eyes to exclude so frightful a sight.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") Schaibar, enraged at this reception, lifted up his bar of iron.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") “Wilt thou not speak, then?” he exclaimed, and let it fall directly on the sultan’s head, and crushed him to the earth.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") He did this before Prince Ahmed had the power to interfere.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he destroyed all the councillors who were the enemies of Prince Ahmed, and only spared the grand vizier at Prince Ahmed’s earnest entreaty.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") Having completed this dreadful execution, Schaibar left the hall of audience, and went into the middle of the court with the bar of iron on his shoulder.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") “I know there is a certain sorceress who stirred up the sultan to demand my presence here,” he cried, looking at the grand vizier, standing beside Prince Ahmed.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") “Let her be brought before me.”[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") The grand vizier immediately sent for her, when Schaibar, as he crushed her with his bar of iron, said, “Learn the consequence of giving wicked advice.”[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") “Vizier!” exclaimed Schaibar, “this is not sufficient.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") Prince Ahmed, my brother-in-law, must be instantly acknowledged as Sultan of India.”[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") All those who were present cheerfully assented, and made the air resound with cries of “Long live Sultan Ahmed,” and in a short time the whole city echoed with the same shouts.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") Schaibar next ordered the prince clothed in the robes of the sultan, and had him instantly installed.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") And after having paid him homage, and taken an oath of fidelity, he went for his sister, Perie Banou, conducted her to the city in great pomp, and caused her to be acknowledged as Sultana of India.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") Prince Ahmed gave to Prince Ali and the Princess Nouronnihar a very considerable province, with its capital, for their establishment.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") Afterwards he sent an officer to Houssain to acquaint him with the change, and made him an offer of any province he might choose; but that prince thought himself so happy in his solitude, that he desired the officer to return his brother thanks for the kindness he designed him, assuring him of his submission; but that the only favor he desired was, to be indulged with leave to live retired in the place he had chosen for his retreat.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") THE WIDOW’S SON[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") In a little house at the edge of a village lived a widow with her only son, and they were very happy together.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") The son was kind to his mother, and they made their living by growing rice in clearings on the mountain side and by hunting wild pig in the forest.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") One evening when their supply of meat was low, the boy said:[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") “Mother, I am going to hunt pig in the morning, and I wish you would prepare rice for me before daylight.”[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") So the widow rose early and cooked the rice, and at dawn the boy started out with his spear and dog.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") Some distance from the village he entered the thick forest.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") He walked on and on, ever on the lookout for game, but none appeared.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") At last, when he had travelled far and the sun was hot, he sat down on a rock to rest and took out his brass box to get a piece of betel-nut.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") He prepared the nut and leaf for chewing, and as he did so he wondered why it was that he had been so unsuccessful that day.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") But even as he pondered he heard his dog barking sharply, and cramming the betel-nut into his mouth he leaped up and ran toward the dog.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") As he drew near he could see that the game was a fine large pig, all black save its four legs, which were white.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") He lifted his spear and took aim, but before he could throw the pig started to run, and instead of going toward a water course it ran straight up the mountain.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") The boy went on in hot pursuit, and when the pig paused he again took aim, but before he could throw, it ran on.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") Six times the pig stopped just long enough for the boy to take aim, and then started on before he could throw.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") The seventh time, however, it halted on the top of a large flat rock, and the boy succeeded in killing it.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") He tied its legs together with a piece of rattan and was about to start for home with the pig on his back, when to his surprise a door in the large stone swung open and a man stepped out.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") “Why have you killed my master’s pig?” asked the man.[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") “I did not know that this pig belonged to anyone,” replied the widow’s son.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") “I was hunting, as I often do, and when my dog found the pig I helped him to catch it.”[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") “Come in and see my master,” said the man, and the boy followed him into the stone where he found himself in a large room.[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") The ceiling and floor were covered with peculiar cloth that had seven wide strips of red alternating with a like number of yellow stripes.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") When the master of the place appeared his trousers were of seven colors, as were also his jacket and the kerchief about his head.[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") The master ordered betel-nut, and when it was brought they chewed together.[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he called for wine, and it was brought in a jar so large that it had to be set on the ground under the house, and even then the top came so high above the floor that they brought a seat for the widow’s son, and it raised him just high enough to drink from the reed in the top of the jar.[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") He drank seven cups of wine, and then they ate rice and fish and talked together.[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") The master did not blame the boy for killing the pig, and declared that he wished to make a brother of him.[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") So they became friends, and the boy remained seven days in the stone.[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") At the end of that time he said that he must return to his mother, who would be worried about him.[53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") In the early morning he left the strange house and started for home.[54](54/ "tree and pragmatics") At first he walked briskly, but as the morning wore on he went more slowly, and finally when the sun was high he sat down on a rock to rest.[55](55/ "tree and pragmatics") Suddenly looking up, he saw before him seven men, each armed with a spear, a shield, and a sword.[56](56/ "tree and pragmatics") They were dressed in different colors, and each man had eyes the same color as his clothes.[57](57/ "tree and pragmatics") The leader, who was dressed all in red, with red eyes to match, spoke first, asking the boy where he was going.[58](58/ "tree and pragmatics") The boy replied that he was going home to his mother who would be looking for him, and added:[59](59/ "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/page/2/) - ← previous: [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/page/2/) - ↑ back to [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/)