--- title: Now, when he reached the city of King Sarkap, seventy maidens, daugh… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Now, when he reached the city of King Sarkap, seventy maidens, daughters of the king, came out to meet him—seventy fair maidens, merry and careless, full of smiles and laughter; but one, the youngest of them all, when she saw the gallant young Prince riding on Bhanur, going gayly to his doom, was fi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/111/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/) / 111 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 20, sentence 111 Now, when he reached the city of King Sarkap, seventy maidens, daughters of the king, came out to meet him—seventy fair maidens, merry and careless, full of smiles and laughter; but one, the youngest of them all, when she saw the gallant young Prince riding on Bhanur, going gayly to his doom, was filled with pity, and called to him, saying: **Who acts:** help, Sarkap · **What happens:** reach, come out, meet, see, go, fill · **To what, where:** city, one, help, gallant young Prince riding, Bhanur, doom · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (help, Sarkap), 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:pg65965:20:112 # text = Now, when he reached the city of King Sarkap, seventy maidens, daughters of the king, came out to meet him—seventy fair maidens, merry and careless, full of smiles and laughter; but one, the youngest of them all, when she saw the gallant young Prince riding on Bhanur, going gayly to his doom, was filled with pity, and called to him, saying: 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 out out ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 — - PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 27 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 careless careless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 smiles smile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 53 gallant gallant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 54 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 55 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 57 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 Bhanur Bhanur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 conj _ _ 61 gayly gayly ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 doom doom NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ _ 68 with with ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 parataxis _ _ 73 to to ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 76 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 72 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | help | the city of King Sarkap | | | | seventy maidens and daughters of the king *obl* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent city=Theme | | 2 | **come out** | past | | one the youngest of smiles | | | now | seventy fair maidens *parataxis*; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | | help | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **see** | past | Sarkap | the gallant young Prince riding | | Bhanur | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer riding=Stimulus | | 5 | **go** | gerund | Sarkap *not said here* | | | help's doom | | gayly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to doom=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **fill** | past · passive | | | | | | with pity | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: with pity=Instrument | | 7 | **call** | participle | | | help | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **doom** | | help | | | | | | nom doom «event 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/110/) - next →: [Opening, part 21, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/)