--- title: I had gone in the same direction about a league, a distance that the… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: I had gone in the same direction about a league, a distance that the strongest archers could not reach with their arrows, and was about to abandon my search and return home, when I found myself drawn forward against my will. Who acts: I, strongest archers, my. 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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 (I, strongest archers, my), 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:pg65965:13:10 # text = I had gone in the same direction about a league, a distance that the strongest archers could not reach with their arrows, and was about to abandon my search and return home, when I found myself drawn forward against my will. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 league league NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 17 archers archer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 abandon abandon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 34 home home ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obj _ _ 40 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 ccomp _ _ 41 forward forward ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 against against ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | I | | | the same direction about a league a distance | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in direction=Location | | 2 | **not** **reach** | could | the strongest archers | a distance *not said here* | | | | with archers's arrows | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent distance=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **abandon** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my search | | | | | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme search=Source | | 5 | **return** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **find** | past | I | myself | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent myself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 7 | **draw** | participle | | | | | | forward *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **search** | | my | | | | | | nom search «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)