--- title: And he told them that he and Bantugan’s father years ago had made a… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: And he told them that he and Bantugan’s father years ago had made a contract that their children and children’s children should inter-marry, and now since the Sultan had promised his daughter to two people, he foresaw that great trouble would come to the land. 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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 (man, children, Sultan, great trouble), 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:pg65965:24:108 # text = And he told them that he and Bantugan’s father years ago had made a contract that their children and children’s children should inter-marry, and now since the Sultan had promised his daughter to two people, he foresaw that great trouble would come to the land. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 Bantugan Bantugan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 ago ago ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 contract contract NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod:poss _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 23 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 inter inter NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 31 since since SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 iobj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 foresaw foresee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | man | | flags *= flag* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | father years | | | | a contract *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary contract=Product | | 3 | **marry** | should | flags's children and children's children | | | | | inter *nsubj* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect | the Sultan | | man's daughter | | now | to two people *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme to people=Goal | | 5 | **foresee** | past | Sultan | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **come** | would | great trouble | | | the land | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial\_Location | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/24/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/24/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/24/)