--- title: On seeing the Emperor at the window he gave a sign, and there came f… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: On seeing the Emperor at the window he gave a sign, and there came forth from the throats of the assembled birds such a glorious burst of melody that tears of thankfulness flowed from the Emperor’s eyes; he could scarcely believe that such wonderful music was possible. 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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 (Emperor, such wonderful music), 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:pg65965:2:28 # text = On seeing the Emperor at the window he gave a sign, and there came forth from the throats of the assembled birds such a glorious burst of melody that tears of thankfulness flowed from the Emperor’s eyes; he could scarcely believe that such wonderful music was possible. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 15 expl _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 forth forth ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 throats throat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 24 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 27 det:predet _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 glorious glorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 burst burst NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 melody melody NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 det _ _ 31 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 thankfulness thankfulness NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 flowed flow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 46 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | Emperor *not said here* | the Emperor | | the window | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emperor=Stimulus | | 2 | **give** | past | Emperor | a sign | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | Emperor *not said here* | | | the throats of the assembled birds such glorious burst of melody and that tears of thankfulness; there | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from throat=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **assemble** | participle | | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **flow** | participle | | that tears of thankfulness *not said here* | | the Emperor's eyes | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **believe** | could | Emperor | | | | | scarcely *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | such wonderful music | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **burst** | | | melody and that tears of thankfulness | | | | | nom burst «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/)