--- title: “A mighty Prince, Sarkap! making havoc rides along, He swung us, sev… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “A mighty Prince, Sarkap! making havoc rides along, He swung us, seventy maidens fair, and threw us out headlong; He broke the drums you placed there, and the gongs, too, in his pride, Sure, he will kill thee, father mine, and take me for his bride!” Who acts: Sarkap, maiden, you. 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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 (Sarkap, maiden, you), 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:pg65965:21:33 # text = “A mighty Prince, Sarkap! making havoc rides along, He swung us, seventy maidens fair, and threw us out headlong; He broke the drums you placed there, and the gongs, too, in his pride, Sure, he will kill thee, father mine, and take me for his bride!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:desc _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 8 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 havoc havoc NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 rides ride VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 along along ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 15 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 19 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 25 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 gongs gong NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 too too ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 Sure sure INTJ UH _ 49 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 parataxis _ _ 50 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 mine mine NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 57 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ! ! PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | Sarkap a mighty Prince *not said here* | havoc | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset havoc=Product | | 2 | **ride along** *in a quote* | present | Sarkap a mighty Prince | | | | | along *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **swing** *in a quote* | past | Sarkap | us | | | | seventy maidens *obj* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent we=Theme maiden=Result | | 4 | **throw out** *in a quote* | past | Sarkap *not said here* | us | | | | headlong *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 5 | **break** *in a quote* | past | maiden | the drums | | | | the gongs and maiden's pride *parataxis* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer drum=Patient | | 6 | **place** *in a quote* | past | you | the drums *not said here* | | there | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent drum=Theme | | 7 | **kill** *in a quote* | future | maiden | thee father mine | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | maiden *not said here* | the youngest Princess *= princess* | | | | for maiden's bride | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent i=Theme for bride=Beneficiary | | 9 | **pride** *in a quote* | | maiden | | | | | | nom pride «feeling 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/)