--- title: When they had put her into bed, the quilt of which was embroidered b… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: When they had put her into bed, the quilt of which was embroidered brocade, and the coverlet cloth of gold, one of the women went out, and returned soon with a china cup in her hand, full of a certain liquor, which she presented to the sorceress, while the other helped her to sit up. Who acts: arms, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/67/) [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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/) / 67 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 67 When they had put her into bed, the quilt of which was embroidered brocade, and the coverlet cloth of gold, one of the women went out, and returned soon with a china cup in her hand, full of a certain liquor, which she presented to the sorceress, while the other helped her to sit up. **Who acts:** arms, women, certain liquor, other, woman · **What happens:** put, embroider, go out, return, present, help · **To what, where:** sorceress, bed, brocade, woman This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (arms, women, certain liquor, other), 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:pg65965:13:67 # text = When they had put her into bed, the quilt of which was embroidered brocade, and the coverlet cloth of gold, one of the women went out, and returned soon with a china cup in her hand, full of a certain liquor, which she presented to the sorceress, while the other helped her to sit up. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 quilt quilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 brocade brocade NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 coverlet coverlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 parataxis _ _ 25 of of SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 33 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 china china NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 liquor liquor NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 sorceress sorceress NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 while while SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 nsubj _ _ 58 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 59 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 62 up up ADP RP _ 61 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past · perfect | arms *= arm* | | sorceress | bed | | the quilt *obl*; one the coverlet cloth of gold *parataxis* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal | | 2 | **embroider** | past · passive | | brocade | | | | of the quilt | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V» | | 3 | **go out** | past | the women | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **return** | past | the women *not said here* | | | | | with a china cup in woman's hand; soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **present** | past | a certain liquor | | the sorceress | | | woman *nsubj* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sorceress=Recipient | | 6 | **help** | past | the other | woman | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 7 | **sit up** | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/68/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)