--- title: He went so far that at last he began to think his labor was in vain;… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He went so far that at last he began to think his labor was in vain; yet he felt compelled to proceed, till he came to some steep craggy rocks, which completely prevented any further progress. Who acts: Prince, labor, steep craggy rocks. 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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 (Prince, labor, steep craggy rocks), 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:pg65965:12:33 # text = He went so far that at last he began to think his labor was in vain; yet he felt compelled to proceed, till he came to some steep craggy rocks, which completely prevented any further progress. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 labor labor NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 compelled compel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 proceed proceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 till till SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 30 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 craggy craggy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 completely completely ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 prevented prevent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 38 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 progress progress NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Prince | | | last | | far *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at last=Location | | 2 | **begin** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | Prince's labor | | | | | vain *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **feel** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **compel** | participle | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result | | 7 | **proceed** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **come** | past | Prince | | | some steep craggy rocks | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to rock=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **prevent** | past | some steep craggy rocks | any further progress | | | | completely *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer progress=Theme | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)