--- title: When they arrived at the gates of the capital, the people, as soon a… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: When they arrived at the gates of the capital, the people, as soon as they saw Schaibar, either hid themselves in their shops and houses, and shut their doors, or they took to their heels, and communicated their fear to all they met. Who acts: they, people. 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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 (they, people), 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:pg65965:15:4 # text = When they arrived at the gates of the capital, the people, as soon as they saw Schaibar, either hid themselves in their shops and houses, and shut their doors, or they took to their heels, and communicated their fear to all they met. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 as as ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 Schaibar Schaibar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 either either CCONJ CC _ 22 cc:preconj _ _ 22 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 communicated communicate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 obl _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | they | | | the gates of the capital and the people | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | people | Schaibar | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer schaibar=Stimulus | | 3 | **hide** | past | people *not said here* | people | | people's shops and houses | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient in shop=Location | | 4 | **shut** | past | | people's doors | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 5 | **take** | past | people | | | | | to people's heels *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to heel=Result | | 6 | **communicate** | past | people *not said here* | people's fear | all | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent fear=Topic to all=Recipient | | 7 | **meet** | past | people | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fear** | | people | | | | | | nom fear «feeling 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/)