--- title: Afterwards he sat down on one of the mats, and Zeyn on the other, an… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Afterwards he sat down on one of the mats, and Zeyn on the other, and Mobarec said to the prince: “I shall now conjure the Sultan of the Genii, who lives in the palace that is before us. Who acts: Mobarec, that. 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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 (Mobarec, that), 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:pg65965:17:112 # text = Afterwards he sat down on one of the mats, and Zeyn on the other, and Mobarec said to the prince: “I shall now conjure the Sultan of the Genii, who lives in the palace that is before us. 1 Afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mats mat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Zeyn Zeyn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 Mobarec Mobarec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 28 conjure conjure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Genii Genii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 before before ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | Mobarec | Zeyn | | the other | | on one of the mats; afterwards *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on one=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mobarec | | the prince | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **conjure** *in a quote* | shall | Mobarec | the Sultan of the Genii | | | now | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sultan=Result | | 4 | **live** *in a quote* | present | | | | the palace | | who *nsubj* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | before us | | 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: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/113/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/)