--- title: The two ladies and Prince Varna were in earnest conversation when th… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The two ladies and Prince Varna were in earnest conversation when the Rajah reached their house, and great was his astonishment to find that this was really his long lost brother, whom he immediately recognized. Who acts: two ladies, Rajah, this. 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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 (two ladies, Rajah, this), 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:pg65965:19:58 # text = The two ladies and Prince Varna were in earnest conversation when the Rajah reached their house, and great was his astonishment to find that this was really his long lost brother, whom he immediately recognized. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:desc _ _ 6 Varna Varna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 earnest earn ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Rajah Rajah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 26 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 28 really really ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 30 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 recognized recognize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the two ladies and Varna Prince | | | earnest conversation and Rajah's great astonishment | | | tree rules | | 2 | **reach** | past | the Rajah | ladies's house | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | the two ladies and Varna Prince *not said here* | Rajah's great astonishment | | | | Rajah *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | the two ladies and Varna Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | this | Rajah's long lost brother | | | | Rajah *nmod:poss*; whom *nmod* | tree rules | | 7 | **recognize** | past | Rajah | | | | | immediately *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/)