--- title: When she became of marriageable age her father issued a proclamation… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: When she became of marriageable age her father issued a proclamation that whoever could surpass her in speed should marry her, and become heir to the throne; but if he were to fail in the race, his life would be forfeit. Who acts: sport, father, proclamation, life. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/7/26/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/7/) / 26 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 7, sentence 26 When she became of marriageable age her father issued a proclamation that whoever could surpass her in speed should marry her, and become heir to the throne; but if he were to fail in the race, his life would be forfeit. **Who acts:** sport, father, proclamation, life · **What happens:** become, issue, surpass, marry, fail, be · **To what, where:** sport, heir, race, forfeit This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sport, father, proclamation, life), 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:pg65965:7:27 # text = When she became of marriageable age her father issued a proclamation that whoever could surpass her in speed should marry her, and become heir to the throne; but if he were to fail in the race, his life would be forfeit. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 marriageable marriageable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 issued issue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 13 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 surpass surpass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 25 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 xcomp _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 forfeit forfeit NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | sport | | | | of marriageable age | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **issue** | past | sport's father | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **surpass** | could | a proclamation | sport | | | | in speed; whoever *nsubj* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot she=Theme in speed=Attribute | | 4 | **marry** | should | a proclamation | sport | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 5 | **become** | infinitive | a proclamation *not said here* | heir to the throne | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **fail** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | proclamation | | | the race | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in race=Eventuality | | 7 | **is a** | would | proclamation's life | forfeit | | | | | tree rules | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/7/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/7/27/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/7/)