--- title: The Rajah at first refused to allow Varna to leave the country, as h… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The Rajah at first refused to allow Varna to leave the country, as he was fearful that harm might come to him, but his sister entreated and his wife insisted, so he finally gave his consent, although reluctantly. Who acts: Rajah, Varna, that, sister. 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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 (Rajah, Varna, that, 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:pg65965:19:3 # text = The Rajah at first refused to allow Varna to leave the country, as he was fearful that harm might come to him, but his sister entreated and his wife insisted, so he finally gave his consent, although reluctantly. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rajah Rajah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 obl _ _ 5 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 Varna Varna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 19 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 finally finally ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 although although SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 reluctantly reluctantly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | the Rajah | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **allow** | to-infinitive | the Rajah *not said here* | Varna | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer varna=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Varna *not said here* | the country | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | Rajah | | | | | fearful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | might | that | | harm | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **entreat** | past | harm's sister | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | harm's wife | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **give** | past | Rajah | harm's consent | | | | finally, reluctantly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme | | 9 | **consent** | | harm | | | | | | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/4/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/)