--- title: The prince accompanied the imaum to the vizier’s; and the vizier, as… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The prince accompanied the imaum to the vizier’s; and the vizier, as soon as he was acquainted with the prince’s birth and design, called his daughter and made her take off her veil. Who acts: prince, vizier, daughter. 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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, vizier, daughter), 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:pg65965:18:14 # text = The prince accompanied the imaum to the vizier’s; and the vizier, as soon as he was acquainted with the prince’s birth and design, called his daughter and made her take off her veil. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 accompanied accompany VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 imaum imaum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 as as ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 acquainted acquaint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 off off ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accompany** | past | the prince | the imaum | | the vizier | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent imaum=Theme to vizier=Destination | | 2 | **acquaint** *speech: other* | past · passive | | prince | | | | with the prince's birth and design; soon *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **call** | participle | the vizier *not said here* | prince's daughter | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | past | the prince *not said here* | daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **take off** | infinitive | daughter *not said here* | daughter's veil | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent veil=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/)