--- title: Now, as soon as Rajah Salabhan heard this he guessed at once that it… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Now, as soon as Rajah Salabhan heard this he guessed at once that it was Prince Rasalu come forth before the time, and, mindful of the Jogis’ words that he would die if he looked on his son’s face before twelve years were past, he did not dare to send his guards to seize the offender and bring him t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/61/) [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/) / 61 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 20, sentence 61 Now, as soon as Rajah Salabhan heard this he guessed at once that it was Prince Rasalu come forth before the time, and, mindful of the Jogis’ words that he would die if he looked on his son’s face before twelve years were past, he did not dare to send his guards to seize the offender and bring him to be judged. **Who acts:** Rajah, Prince, armor, words, Jogis · **What happens:** hear, guess, be, come, die, look · **To what, where:** this, Prince, guards, offender 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 (Rajah, Prince, armor, words), 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:pg65965:20:62 # text = Now, as soon as Rajah Salabhan heard this he guessed at once that it was Prince Rasalu come forth before the time, and, mindful of the Jogis’ words that he would die if he looked on his son’s face before twelve years were past, he did not dare to send his guards to seize the offender and bring him to be judged. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 Rajah Rajah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 Salabhan Salabhan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 9 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 11 obl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 19 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 20 forth forth ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 mindful mindful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Jogis Jogis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’ 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 before before ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 48 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 past past ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 54 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 advcl _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 offender offender NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 conj _ _ 65 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 67 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 68 aux:pass _ _ 68 judged judge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Rajah | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **guess** | past | Prince | | | | now | soon *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at once=Value | | 3 | **is a** | past | armor | Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | present | Prince | | | | time | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **die** | would | the Jogis's words | | | | | Prince *nsubj* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Prince | | | | | on Prince's son's face | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on face=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | year | past *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **dare** | past · do-support | Prince | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **not** **send** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince's guards | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Theme | | 10 | **seize** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | the offender | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offender=Theme | | 11 | **bring** | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | Prince | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 12 | **judge** | to-infinitive · passive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S» | | 13 | **word** | | the Jogis | | | | | | nom word «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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/)