--- title: The young sultan and his mother being both impatient to see the wond… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The young sultan and his mother being both impatient to see the wonderful statue, went down into the room of the statues; but how great was their surprise, when, instead of a statue of diamonds, they beheld on the ninth pedestal a most beautiful girl, whom the prince knew to be the same whom he had --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/53/) [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/) / 53 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 18, sentence 53 The young sultan and his mother being both impatient to see the wonderful statue, went down into the room of the statues; but how great was their surprise, when, instead of a statue of diamonds, they beheld on the ninth pedestal a most beautiful girl, whom the prince knew to be the same whom he had conducted to the island of the genii! **Who acts:** mother, young sultan, statues, prince, sultan · **What happens:** be, see, go down, behold, know, conduct · **To what, where:** wonderful statue, room, great surprise, beautiful girl, ninth pedestal, island · **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 (mother, young sultan, statues, 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:pg65965:18:53 # text = The young sultan and his mother being both impatient to see the wonderful statue, went down into the room of the statues; but how great was their surprise, when, instead of a statue of diamonds, they beheld on the ninth pedestal a most beautiful girl, whom the prince knew to be the same whom he had conducted to the island of the genii! 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 16 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 8 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ 9 impatient impatient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 down down ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 statues statue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 37 case _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 ninth ninth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 pedestal pedestal NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 49 advmod _ _ 49 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 obj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 57 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 cop _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 ccomp _ _ 60 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 63 obj _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 conducted conduct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 acl:relcl _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 genii genii NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ! ! PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | sultan's mother *not said here* | | | | | impatient *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | sultan's mother *not said here* | the wonderful statue | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer statue=Stimulus | | 3 | **go down** | past | the young sultan and sultan's mother | | | the room of the statues | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **is a** | past | | statues's great surprise | | | | instead a statue of diamonds; statues *= statue* *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **behold** | past | statues *= statue* | a beautiful girl | | the ninth pedestal | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus | | 6 | **know** | past | the prince | a beautiful girl | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | same *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **conduct** | past · perfect | sultan | | | the island of the genii | | whom *obj* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent whom=Theme to island=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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/)