--- title: The prince, having answered his compliment, said to Mobarec, “I am t… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The prince, having answered his compliment, said to Mobarec, “I am the son of the late Sultan of Bussorah, and my name is Zeyn Alasnam.” Who acts: prince, name, 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 (prince, name, 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:pg65965:17:44 # text = The prince, having answered his compliment, said to Mobarec, “I am the son of the late Sultan of Bussorah, and my name is Zeyn Alasnam.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 compliment compliment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Mobarec Mobarec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Bussorah Bussorah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 Zeyn Zeyn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 30 Alasnam Alasnam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the prince | prince's compliment | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent compliment=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the prince *not said here* | | Mobarec | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mobarec=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the prince *= prince* | the son | | | | of the late Sultan of Bussorah | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | my name | Zeyn | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **compliment** | | prince | | | | | | nom compliment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **name** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/)