--- title: Among the criers who passed backwards and forwards with samples of s… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Among the criers who passed backwards and forwards with samples of several sorts of goods, he was not a little surprised to see one who held in his hand an ivory tube, about a foot in length, and about an inch thick, which he cried at forty purses. Who acts: criers, crier. 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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 (criers, crier), 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:pg65965:11:30 # text = Among the criers who passed backwards and forwards with samples of several sorts of goods, he was not a little surprised to see one who held in his hand an ivory tube, about a foot in length, and about an inch thick, which he cried at forty purses. 1 Among among ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 criers crier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 forwards forwards ADV RB _ 6 conj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 samples sample NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 obj _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 ivory ivory NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 tube tube NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 about about ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 about about ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 inch inch NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 45 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obj _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nummod _ _ 52 purses purse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | the criers | | | | | with samples of several sorts of goods; backwards *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | crier | | | | | among the criers; a little *obl:unmarked*; surprised *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | crier *not said here* | one | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 4 | **hold** | past | | | | crier's hand | | who *nsubj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | | 5 | **be** | | crier *not said here* | | | | | about a inch | tree rules | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | crier | | | forty purses | | which *obj* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 7 | **sample** | | | several sorts of goods | | | | | nom sample «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **sort** | | | goods | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)