--- title: As soon as he had spoken these words, Mobarec fell down at his feet,… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as he had spoken these words, Mobarec fell down at his feet, and kissing one of his hands several times, said: “I bless God for having brought you hither. Who acts: father, Mobarec, I. 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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 (father, Mobarec, 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:pg65965:17:55 # text = As soon as he had spoken these words, Mobarec fell down at his feet, and kissing one of his hands several times, said: “I bless God for having brought you hither. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 7 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 10 Mobarec Mobarec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 12 down down ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 kissing kiss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 bless bless VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 31 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 aux _ _ 34 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 hither hither ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect | father | this words | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fall down** | past | Mobarec | | | father's feet | | down, soon *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | | 3 | **kiss** | gerund | Mobarec *not said here* | one of father's hands several times | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Co-Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **bless** *in a quote* | present | I | God | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | gerund · perfect | I *not said here* | | you | | | hither *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/)