--- title: But the very night after he returned to his palace he saw the old ma… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: But the very night after he returned to his palace he saw the old man the third time in a dream, who said to him: “The time of your prosperity is come, brave Zeyn. Who acts: night, SULTAN, dream. 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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 (night, SULTAN, dream), 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:pg65965:16:136 # text = But the very night after he returned to his palace he saw the old man the third time in a dream, who said to him: “The time of your prosperity is come, brave Zeyn. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ 7 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 prosperity prosperity NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 Zeyn Zeyn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the night after SULTAN | | | | | to SULTAN's palace *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result | | 2 | **see** | past | SULTAN | the old man the third time in a dream | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a dream | | SULTAN | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the time of your prosperity | | | | brave Zeyn *obl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/136/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/)