--- title: The Emperor went straight to the apartment of the Princess, and neve… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The Emperor went straight to the apartment of the Princess, and never had he even imagined such wondrous beauty as he saw when his eyes beheld the Moon Daughter. Who acts: Emperor, eyes. 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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 (Emperor, eyes), 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:pg65965:5:63 # text = The Emperor went straight to the apartment of the Princess, and never had he even imagined such wondrous beauty as he saw when his eyes beheld the Moon Daughter. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 straight straight ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 apartment apartment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 imagined imagine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 18 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 wondrous wondrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Daughter Daughter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the Emperor | | | the apartment of the Princess | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to apartment=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **not** **have** | past | the Emperor *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **imagine** | past | Emperor | such wondrous beauty | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beauty=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | Emperor | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **behold** | past | Emperor's eyes | the Moon Daughter | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/)