--- title: But as he went forwards, he saw one of them turn out of the road to… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: But as he went forwards, he saw one of them turn out of the road to pass by him, and it showed by its actions that it did not come to do him any harm, but only to go before him. Who acts: prince, one, it, road. 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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, one, it, road), 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:pg65965:14:74 # text = But as he went forwards, he saw one of them turn out of the road to pass by him, and it showed by its actions that it did not come to do him any harm, but only to go before him. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 forwards forwards ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ 12 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 13 out out ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 actions action NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 only only ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 43 before before ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | prince | | | | | forwards *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **turn out** | present | one of lions | the road | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location road=Theme | | 4 | **pass** | to-infinitive | one of lions *not said here* | | | | | by prince | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by he=Location | | 5 | **show** | past | it | | | | | by road's actions | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **come** | past · do-support | road | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | to-infinitive | road *not said here* | prince | | | | any harm *obj* | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | before prince | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before he=Location | | 9 | **act** | | road | | | | | | nom action «act intransitive»: 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)