--- title: It was a hot afternoon and all the Princesses fell asleep, and then… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: It was a hot afternoon and all the Princesses fell asleep, and then the Rajah stole away and left them, saying to himself, “It is better that my poor daughters die here rather than be killed by their stepmother.” Who acts: rice, Princesses, Rajah, poor daughters. 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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 (rice, Princesses, Rajah, poor daughters), 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:pg65965:3:85 # text = It was a hot afternoon and all the Princesses fell asleep, and then the Rajah stole away and left them, saying to himself, “It is better that my poor daughters die here rather than be killed by their stepmother.” 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Princesses Princess PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Rajah Rajah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 expl _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 ccomp _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 36 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 37 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 40 cc _ _ 38 than than ADP IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | rice | a hot afternoon | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | past | all Princesses | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **steal away** | past | the Rajah | | | | then | away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | past | the Rajah *not said here* | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Rajah *not said here* | | Rajah | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **die** *in a quote* | present | my poor daughters | | | here | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | daughters's stepmother | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/)