--- title: Accordingly, the old woman found means to show King Zeyn a considera… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Accordingly, the old woman found means to show King Zeyn a considerable number of beautiful maidens of twenty years of age; but when he had viewed them, and came to consult his glass, it always appeared sullied. Who acts: old woman, King, it. 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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 (old woman, King, it), 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:pg65965:18:7 # text = Accordingly, the old woman found means to show King Zeyn a considerable number of beautiful maidens of twenty years of age; but when he had viewed them, and came to consult his glass, it always appeared sullied. 1 Accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 nsubj _ _ 7 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 Zeyn Zeyn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 viewed view VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 40 advmod _ _ 40 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 41 sullied sully VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | the old woman | | | | | accordingly *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | a considerable number of beautiful maidens of twenty years of age | King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient number=Topic | | 4 | **view** | past · perfect | King | them *= they* | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **consult** | to-infinitive | | King's glass | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme | | 7 | **appear** | past | it | | | | | always *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 8 | **sully** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/)