--- title: He provided her with twelve servants, each of whom held a silken str… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He provided her with twelve servants, each of whom held a silken string which was fastened to her leg, and you may be sure that she found but little pleasure flying about, hampered in this way. Who acts: EMPEROR, you, girl, little pleasure. 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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, you, girl, little pleasure), 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:pg65965:1:171 # text = He provided her with twelve servants, each of whom held a silken string which was fastened to her leg, and you may be sure that she found but little pleasure flying about, hampered in this way. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 appos _ _ 9 of of SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 silken silken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 34 about about ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 hampered hamper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **provide** | past | EMPEROR | | girl | | | with twelve servants | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with servant=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | past | | a silken string | | | | whom *nsubj* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Theme | | 3 | **fasten** | past · passive | | a silken string | | | | to girl's leg | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to leg=Co-Patient | | 4 | **is** | may | you | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | past | girl | little pleasure | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Topic | | 6 | **fly** | gerund | little pleasure *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **hamper** | participle | | little pleasure *not said here* | | this way | | | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | 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 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/162/) - next →: [sentence 164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/164/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/)