--- title: Her tears and complaints were of no effect, for she was presented to… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Her tears and complaints were of no effect, for she was presented to the Sultan of the Genii, who having gazed on her with attention, said to Zeyn: “Prince, I am satisfied with your behavior. Who acts: tears, Sultan, Prince. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Win --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/41/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/) / 41 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 18, sentence 41 Her tears and complaints were of no effect, for she was presented to the Sultan of the Genii, who having gazed on her with attention, said to Zeyn: “Prince, I am satisfied with your behavior. **Who acts:** tears, Sultan, Prince · **What happens:** be, present, gaze, say · **To what, where:** Sovereign, Sultan, Zeyn · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tears, Sultan, Prince), 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:pg65965:18:41 # text = Her tears and complaints were of no effect, for she was presented to the Sultan of the Genii, who having gazed on her with attention, said to Zeyn: “Prince, I am satisfied with your behavior. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 complaints complaint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Genii Genii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 aux _ _ 23 gazed gaze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 acl:relcl _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Zeyn Zeyn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 behavior behavior NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Sovereign's tears and complaints | | | | | of no effect | tree rules | | 2 | **present** | past · passive | | Sovereign | the Sultan of the Genii | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to sultan=Recipient | | 3 | **gaze** | gerund · perfect | the Sultan of the Genii | | | | | on Sovereign; with attention | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on she=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | Zeyn | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to zeyn=Recipient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Prince | | | | | with your behavior; I *nsubj*; satisfied *property* | tree rules | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/42/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/)