--- title: So the messenger at last returned, and when the Emperor heard that s… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: So the messenger at last returned, and when the Emperor heard that she would disappear from sight in preference to obeying his order, he made up his mind to go and see her himself. Who acts: messenger, Emperor, Princess. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfie --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/59/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/) / 59 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 5, sentence 59 So the messenger at last returned, and when the Emperor heard that she would disappear from sight in preference to obeying his order, he made up his mind to go and see her himself. **Who acts:** messenger, Emperor, Princess · **What happens:** return, hear, disappear, obey, make up, go · **To what, where:** sight, order, mind, Princess This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (messenger, Emperor, Princess), 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:pg65965:5:59 # text = So the messenger at last returned, and when the Emperor heard that she would disappear from sight in preference to obeying his order, he made up his mind to go and see her himself. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nmod _ _ 6 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 disappear disappear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 preference preference NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 to to SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 obeying obey VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | participle | the messenger at last | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | the Emperor | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **disappear** | would | Princess | | | sight | | in preference | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from sight=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **obey** | gerund | Princess *not said here* | Emperor's order | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 5 | **make up** | past | Emperor | Emperor's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | Emperor *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | infinitive | Emperor *not said here* | Princess | | | | Emperor *obj* | tree rules | | 8 | **order** | | Emperor | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **mind** | | Emperor | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/)