--- title: At first he thought he was going into a dark place, but presently he… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: At first he thought he was going into a dark place, but presently he was surrounded by light, and beheld a splendid palace, the admirable structure of which he had not time to look at; for at the same instant a lady of majestic air, and of a beauty heightened by the richness of the jewels which ador --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/38/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/) / 38 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 38 At first he thought he was going into a dark place, but presently he was surrounded by light, and beheld a splendid palace, the admirable structure of which he had not time to look at; for at the same instant a lady of majestic air, and of a beauty heightened by the richness of the jewels which adorned her person, advanced, attended by a troop of ladies, who were scarcely less magnificently dressed than their mistress. **Who acts:** Prince, light, jewels · **What happens:** think, go, surround, behold, have, look · **To what, where:** dark place, Prince, splendid palace, person, ladies · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, light, jewels), 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:pg65965:12:38 # text = At first he thought he was going into a dark place, but presently he was surrounded by light, and beheld a splendid palace, the admirable structure of which he had not time to look at; for at the same instant a lady of majestic air, and of a beauty heightened by the richness of the jewels which adorned her person, advanced, attended by a troop of ladies, who were scarcely less magnificently dressed than their mistress. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 presently presently ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 admirable admirable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 structure structure NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obl _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 majestic majestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 55 heightened heighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 56 by by ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 richness richness NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 63 adorned adorn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ _ 64 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 67 advanced advanced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 69 attended attend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 conj _ _ 70 by by ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 76 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 81 nsubj _ _ 77 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 aux:pass _ _ 78 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 79 advmod _ _ 79 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 81 advmod _ _ 80 magnificently magnificently ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ _ 81 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 74 acl _ _ 82 than than ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 83 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 84 nmod:poss _ _ 84 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Prince | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | Prince | | | a dark place | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into place=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **surround** | past · passive | light | Prince | | | | presently *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | | 4 | **behold** | past | Prince *not said here* | a splendid palace | | | | for the same instant; a lady of majestic air *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | Prince | | | | time | of the admirable structure | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **heighten** | participle | | | | | | of a beauty; by the richness of the jewels | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **adorn** | past | the jewels | | staircase's person | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme person=Destination | | 9 | **attend** | participle | | | | | | by a troop of ladies | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent by troop=Theme | | 10 | **dress** | past · passive | | ladies | | | | than jewels's mistress; less, magnificently *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)