--- title: When Zeyn and Mobarec saw there were no maidens to be found in Cairo… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: When Zeyn and Mobarec saw there were no maidens to be found in Cairo who did not wish to be married, they went to Bagdad, where they hired a magnificent palace, and soon made acquaintance with the chief people of the city. Who acts: Zeyn, maidens, Cairo. 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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 (Zeyn, maidens, Cairo), 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:pg65965:18:9 # text = When Zeyn and Mobarec saw there were no maidens to be found in Cairo who did not wish to be married, they went to Bagdad, where they hired a magnificent palace, and soon made acquaintance with the chief people of the city. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 Zeyn Zeyn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 Mobarec Mobarec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ _ 7 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Cairo Cairo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Bagdad Bagdad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 hired hire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 37 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 38 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Zeyn and Mobarec | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | past | no maidens | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **find** | to-infinitive · passive | no maidens *not said here* | | | Cairo | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» | | 4 | **not** **wish** | past · do-support | Cairo | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | Cairo *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | | 6 | **go** | past | Zeyn | | | Bagdad | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bagdad=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **hire** | past | Zeyn | a magnificent palace | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 8 | **make** | past | Zeyn *not said here* | acquaintance | | | | with the chief people of the city; soon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset acquaintance=Product | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/)