--- title: They questioned the servants, and when they heard of the Fakir and t… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: They questioned the servants, and when they heard of the Fakir and the little black dog they guessed what had happened and sent in every direction, but neither the Fakir nor the dog was to be found. Who acts: servants, little black dog. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/5/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/) / 5 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 4, sentence 5 They questioned the servants, and when they heard of the Fakir and the little black dog they guessed what had happened and sent in every direction, but neither the Fakir nor the dog was to be found. **Who acts:** servants, little black dog · **What happens:** question, hear, guess, happen, send, find · **To what, where:** servants, direction, Fakir · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (servants, little black dog), 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:pg65965:4:5 # text = They questioned the servants, and when they heard of the Fakir and the little black dog they guessed what had happened and sent in every direction, but neither the Fakir nor the dog was to be found. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 questioned question VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Fakir Fakir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 27 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 30 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 32 cc:preconj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Fakir Fakir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **question** *speech: other* | past | servants *= servant* | the servants | | | | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient | | 2 | **hear** | past | servants *= servant* | | | | | of the Fakir | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of fakir=Stimulus | | 3 | **guess** | past | the little black dog | | | | | servants *= servant* *nsubj* | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **send** | participle | | | | every direction | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in direction=Destination | | 6 | **find** | past · passive | | the Fakir nor the dog | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/)