The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 10

While the princess was dressing, the princes went to throw themselves at the sultan their father’s feet; but when they came to him, they found he had been previously informed of their unexpected arrival by the chief of the princess’s guards, and by what means the princess had been so suddenly cured.

Who acts: princess, princes, women, chief · What happens: dress, go, throw, come, find, inform · To what, where: women, sultan, Prince, princess · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, princes, women, chief), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	While	while	SCONJ	_	5 dressing	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dressing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dressing	aux
5	dressing	dress	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 went	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dressing	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princes	det
8	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 throw	mark
11	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 went	xcomp
12	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 throw	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 sultan	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sultan	det
15	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 throw	obl
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 father	nmod:poss
17	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 feet	nmod:poss
18	’s	's	PART	_	17 father	case
19	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 sultan	nmod
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 found	punct
21	but	but	CCONJ	_	29 found	cc
22	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	24 came	advmod
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 came	nsubj
24	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 found	advcl
25	to	to	ADP	_	26 him	case
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 came	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 came	punct
28	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 found	nsubj
29	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 went	conj
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 informed	nsubj
31	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 informed	aux
32	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	34 informed	aux:pass
33	previously	previously	ADV	_	34 informed	advmod
34	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 found	ccomp
35	of	of	ADP	_	38 arrival	case
36	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 arrival	nmod:poss
37	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 arrival	amod
38	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 informed	obl
39	by	by	ADP	_	41 chief	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 chief	det
41	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 informed	obl
42	of	of	ADP	_	46 guards	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 princess	det
44	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 guards	nmod:poss
45	’s	's	PART	_	44 princess	case
46	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 chief	nmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 means	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 means	cc
49	by	by	ADP	_	50 what	case
50	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	51 means	nsubj
51	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 went	parataxis
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 princess	det
53	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 cured	nsubj:pass
54	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 cured	aux
55	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	58 cured	aux:pass
56	so	so	ADV	_	58 cured	advmod
57	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	58 cured	advmod
58	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	51 means	ccomp
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	dress	past · progressive	the princess					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	past	the princes					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	throw	to-infinitive	the princes not said here	women = woman		the sultan women's father's feet		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme at sultan=Destination
4	come	past	women = woman		Prince			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location
5	find	past	women = woman					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6	inform speech: other	past · perfect · passive	the chief of the princess's guards	Prince			of women's unexpected arrival; previously property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient of arrival=Topic
7	mean	present					what nsubj	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	cure	past · perfect · passive		the princess			suddenly property	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source
9	arrive		women = woman					nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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.

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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 10