The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 49

While the crier was detailing to Prince Ahmed the virtues of the artificial apple, many persons gathered round them, and confirmed what he declared; and one amongst the rest said he had a friend dangerously ill, whose life was despaired of, which was a favorable opportunity to show the apple’s power; on which Prince Ahmed told the crier he would give him forty purses for the apple if it cured the sick person by smelling it.

Who acts: crier, many persons, friend, Prince, person, life · What happens: detail, gather, confirm, declare, say, have · To what, where: virtues, Prince Ahmed, friend, life, favorable opportunity, power · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (crier, many persons, friend, Prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

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The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	While	while	SCONJ	_	5 detailing	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crier	det
3	crier	crier	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 detailing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 detailing	aux
5	detailing	detail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 gathered	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Ahmed	case
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Ahmed	compound
8	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 detailing	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 virtues	det
10	virtues	virtue	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 detailing	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 apple	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 apple	det
13	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 apple	amod
14	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 virtues	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 detailing	punct
16	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 persons	amod
17	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 gathered	nsubj
18	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	round	round	ADP	_	20 them	case
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 gathered	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 confirmed	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 confirmed	cc
23	confirmed	confirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 gathered	conj
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 declared	obj
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 declared	nsubj
26	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 confirmed	ccomp
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 said	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 one	cc
29	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	33 said	advcl
30	amongst	amongst	ADP	_	32 rest	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 rest	det
32	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 said	obl
33	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 gathered	parataxis
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 had	nsubj
35	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 said	ccomp
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 friend	det
37	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 had	obj
38	dangerously	dangerously	ADV	_	39 ill	advmod
39	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 friend	amod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 despaired	punct
41	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	42 life	nmod:poss
42	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 despaired	nsubj:pass
43	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 despaired	aux:pass
44	despaired	despair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 friend	acl
45	of	of	ADP	_	44 despaired	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 opportunity	punct
47	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	51 opportunity	nsubj
48	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 opportunity	cop
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 opportunity	det
50	favorable	favorable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 opportunity	amod
51	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 friend	conj
52	to	to	PART	_	53 show	mark
53	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 opportunity	acl
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 apple	det
55	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 power	nmod:poss
56	’s	's	PART	_	55 apple	case
57	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 show	obj
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	63 told	punct
59	on	on	ADP	_	60 which	case
60	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	63 told	obl
61	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	63 told	nsubj
62	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	Number=Sing	61 Prince	flat
63	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 said	conj
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 crier	det
65	crier	crier	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 told	obj
66	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 give	nsubj
67	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	68 give	aux
68	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 told	ccomp
69	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 give	iobj
70	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	71 purses	nummod
71	purses	purse	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 give	obj
72	for	for	ADP	_	74 apple	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 apple	det
74	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 give	obl
75	if	if	SCONJ	_	77 cured	mark
76	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 cured	nsubj
77	cured	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 give	advcl
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 person	det
79	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 person	amod
80	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 cured	obj
81	by	by	SCONJ	_	82 smelling	mark
82	smelling	smell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	77 cured	advcl
83	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 smelling	obj
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 gathered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	detail	past · progressive	the crier	the virtues of the artificial apple	Prince Ahmed		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent virtue=Theme to ahmed=be'
2	gather	past	many persons			round princes = prince	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	confirm	past	many persons not said here				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
4	declare speech: other	past	crier			what obj	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Attribute
5	say speech: assert	past				amongst the rest; one advcl	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	have	past	crier	a friend and a favorable opportunity			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
7	despair	past · passive		life			tree rules
8	is a	past	a friend and a favorable opportunity	a favorable opportunity			tree rules
9	show	to-infinitive	crier not said here	the apple's power			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Recipient
10	tell speech: assert	past	Prince	the crier		which obl	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent crier=Recipient clause=Topic
11	give	would	person	forty purses	crier	for the apple	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient purse=Theme for apple=Asset
12	cure a condition, not said to happen	past	life	the sick person			vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer person=Source
13	smell	gerund	life not said here	life			vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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.

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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 49