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description: The number of shops stocked with all kinds of merchandise—as the finest linens from several parts of India; silks and brocades from Persia; porcelain from Japan—surprised him very much; but when he came to the shops of the goldsmiths and jewellers, he was in a kind of ecstasy at beholding such quant
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 11, sentence 16

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The number of shops stocked with all kinds of merchandise—as the finest linens from several parts of India; silks and brocades from Persia; porcelain from Japan—surprised him very much; but when he came to the shops of the goldsmiths and jewellers, he was in a kind of ecstasy at beholding such quantities of wrought gold and silver, and was dazzled by the lustre of the pearls, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and other precious stones exposed for sale.

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**Who acts:** Japan, kind, lustre · **What happens:** stock, surprise, come, be, behold, dazzle · **To what, where:** number, Japan, other precious stones, shops, kind, such quantities

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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 (Japan, kind, lustre), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg65965:11:16
# text = The number of shops stocked with all kinds of merchandise—as the finest linens from several parts of India; silks and brocades from Persia; porcelain from Japan—surprised him very much; but when he came to the shops of the goldsmiths and jewellers, he was in a kind of ecstasy at beholding such quantities of wrought gold and silver, and was dazzled by the lustre of the pearls, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and other precious stones exposed for sale.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
5	stocked	stock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	merchandise	merchandise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	15	amod	_	_
15	linens	linen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
22	silks	silk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	brocades	brocade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	_
25	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Persia	Persia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	porcelain	porcelain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
29	from	from	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	surprised	surprise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
33	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	_
34	very	very	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	much	much	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
37	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
38	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	40	advmod	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	goldsmiths	goldsmith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nmod	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	jewellers	jeweller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
51	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	cop	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	ecstasy	ecstasy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	_
57	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
58	beholding	behold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	54	acl	_	_
59	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	quantities	quantity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	58	obj	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	wrought	wrought	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
65	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
67	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
68	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux:pass	_	_
69	dazzled	dazzle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	40	conj	_	_
70	by	by	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	lustre	lustre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	_
73	of	of	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	72	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
77	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	75	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
79	rubies	ruby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	75	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	_
81	emeralds	emerald	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	75	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	86	punct	_	_
83	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	86	cc	_	_
84	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	86	amod	_	_
85	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	86	amod	_	_
86	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	_
87	exposed	expose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	86	acl	_	_
88	for	for	ADP	IN	_	89	case	_	_
89	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	87	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stock** | participle · passive |  | the number |  |  |  | of shops; with all kinds of merchandise; as the finest linens from several parts of India; silks from Persia from Japan and brocades and porcelain *conj* | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with kind=Theme |
| 2 | **surprise** | past |  | Japan |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 3 | **come** | past | Japan | other precious stones |  | the shops of the goldsmiths and jewellers |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to shop=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **is** | past | Japan |  |  | a kind |  | of ecstasy | tree rules |
| 5 | **behold** | gerund | a kind *not said here* | such quantities of wrought gold and silver |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer quantity=Stimulus |
| 6 | **dazzle** | past · passive | the lustre of the pearls and diamonds and rubies and emeralds |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **expose** | participle |  | other precious stones *not said here* |  |  |  | for sale | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |

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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.

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**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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