--- title: The young sultan having read these words said to the queen, “I will… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The young sultan having read these words said to the queen, “I will set out for Grand Cairo; nor do I believe, madam, that you will now oppose my design.” Who acts: young sultan, queen, my. 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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 (young sultan, queen, my), 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:pg65965:17:34 # text = The young sultan having read these words said to the queen, “I will set out for Grand Cairo; nor do I believe, madam, that you will now oppose my design.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 Grand Grand ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 Cairo Cairo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 25 cc _ _ 23 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 33 oppose oppose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | the young sultan *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **read** | participle | the young sultan *not said here* | this words | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the young sultan | | the queen | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to queen=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **set out** *in a quote* | future | the young sultan *= sultan* | | | | | for Grand Cairo | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **believe** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the young sultan *= sultan* | | | | | madam *conj* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **oppose** *in a quote* | future | the queen *= queen* | my design | | | now | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent design=Patient | | 7 | **design** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom design «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/)