--- title: Here, as he was straying, (while rain and thunder conspired to make… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Here, as he was straying, (while rain and thunder conspired to make solitude still more hideous) he perceived a hermit’s cell, and approaching, asked for shelter. Who acts: Mencius, rain. 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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 (Mencius, rain), 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:pg62868:3:2 # text = Here, as he was straying, (while rain and thunder conspired to make solitude still more hideous) he perceived a hermit’s cell, and approaching, asked for shelter. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 straying stray VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 while while SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 conspired conspire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 solitude solitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 still still ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ _ 19 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 approaching approach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stray** | past · progressive | Mencius | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **conspire** | past | rain and thunder | | | | | | vn conspire-71 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | rain and thunder *not said here* | solitude | | | | hideous *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset solitude=Product | | 4 | **perceive** | past | Mencius | a hermit's cell | | here | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cell=Stimulus | | 5 | **approach** | gerund | Mencius *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Mencius *not said here* | | | | | for shelter | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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:** «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Project Gutenberg book 62868 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/3/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/3/3/) - ↑ back to [Story of Mencius.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/3/)