--- title: As soon as King Zeyn had prostrated himself and spoken as he had bee… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as King Zeyn had prostrated himself and spoken as he had been taught by Mobarec, the Sultan of the Genii, smiling, answered: “My son, I loved your father, and every time he came to pay me his respects, I presented him with a statue, which he carried away with him. 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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 (King, Mobarec, son, I), 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:pg65965:17:119 # text = As soon as King Zeyn had prostrated himself and spoken as he had been taught by Mobarec, the Sultan of the Genii, smiling, answered: “My son, I loved your father, and every time he came to pay me his respects, I presented him with a statue, which he carried away with him. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 Zeyn Zeyn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 prostrated prostrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Mobarec Mobarec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Genii Genii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 39 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 respects respects NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 obj _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 59 away away ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 60 with with ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prostrate** | past · perfect | King | King | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | Mobarec | King | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 4 | **smile** | gerund | Mobarec *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | soon *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **love** *in a quote* | past | My son | your father | | | | I *nsubj* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | past | son | every time *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **pay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | sultan's respects | me | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient respects=Asset | | 9 | **present** *in a quote* | past | I | | sultan | | time | with a statue | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with statue=Theme | | 10 | **carry away** *in a quote* | past | sultan | a statue | | | | with Genii; away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/120/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/)