--- title: They stayed not to look behind them; insomuch that Schaibar and Prin… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: 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. Who acts: people, streets, guards. 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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 (people, streets, guards), 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:pg65965:15:5 # text = 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. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 6 behind behind ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 insomuch insomuch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 Schaibar Schaibar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 along along ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 squares square NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 27 desolate desolate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 till till SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 preventing prevent VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 43 Schaibar Schaibar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 entering entering NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 47 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 48 away away ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 too too ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | people | | | | | insomuch *parataxis* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **look** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | behind people | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent behind they=Theme | | 3 | **go along** | past | people | | | | | along *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **find** | past | | all streets and squares | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent street=Topic | | 5 | **desolate** | present | all streets and squares *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | past | people | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **prevent** | gerund | the guards *not said here* | | Schaibar | entering | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer schaibar=Beneficiary from entering=Eventuality | | 8 | **run away** | past | the guards | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/)