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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 (sultan, Perie), 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:pg65965:15:1 # text = “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 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Perie Perie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 Banou Banou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 desire desire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the sultan sultan's father | Perie | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent perie=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Perie *not said here* | a curiosity | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curiosity=Patient | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Perie *not said here* | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 4 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | the sultan sultan's father *= sultan* | | | | | to the sultan's court | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | may | sultan | your guide | | | | your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | 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: [Opening, part 14, 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/97/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/)