--- title: And after having paid him homage, and taken an oath of fidelity, he… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: 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. Who acts: Prince. 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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), 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:pg65965:15:22 # text = 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. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 after after SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 4 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 homage homage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 fidelity fidelity NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Perie Perie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 22 Banou Banou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 pomp pomp NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 acknowledged acknowledge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Sultana Sultana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pay** | past | | | Prince | | | homage *obj* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient homage=Asset | | 3 | **take** | participle | | a oath of fidelity | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oath=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | Prince | | | | | for Prince's sister | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for sister=Beneficiary | | 5 | **conduct** | past | Prince *not said here* | Perie | | the city in great pomp | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to city=Destination | | 6 | **cause** | past | | | Perie | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition she=Patient | | 7 | **acknowledge** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | as Sultana of India | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S» | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/)