--- title: When the young prince was fifteen years old his father’s only sister… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: When the young prince was fifteen years old his father’s only sister, who had married the king of a distant country, wrote to her brother begging him to permit his son to pay her a visit, as she greatly desired to see the nephew of whom she had received the most excellent reports. 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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 (young prince, father, sister), 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:pg65965:19:2 # text = When the young prince was fifteen years old his father’s only sister, who had married the king of a distant country, wrote to her brother begging him to permit his son to pay her a visit, as she greatly desired to see the nephew of whom she had received the most excellent reports. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 advcl _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 25 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nmod _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 acl:relcl _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 56 advmod _ _ 56 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 reports report NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the young prince | | | | year | old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | his father | sister | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **marry** | past · perfect · passive | | sister | | | | the king of a distant country *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **write** | past | sister | | sister's brother | | | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | sister *not said here* | | king | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **permit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | sister *not said here* | king's son | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | | 7 | **pay** | to-infinitive | sister *not said here* | | sister | | | a visit *obj* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient visit=Asset | | 8 | **desire** | past | sister | | | | | greatly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | sister *not said here* | the nephew | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nephew=Stimulus | | 10 | **receive** | past · perfect | sister | the excellent reports | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/)