--- title: He told her all that had happened, and was so much concerned for hav… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He told her all that had happened, and was so much concerned for having been so foolish that the queen, instead of adding to his vexation by reproving or laughing at him, comforted him. Who acts: much, that. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/129/) [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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/) / 129 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 16, sentence 129 He told her all that had happened, and was so much concerned for having been so foolish that the queen, instead of adding to his vexation by reproving or laughing at him, comforted him. **Who acts:** much, that · **What happens:** tell, happen, be, have, add, reprove · **To what, where:** queen, much · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (much, that), 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:pg65965:16:130 # text = He told her all that had happened, and was so much concerned for having been so foolish that the queen, instead of adding to his vexation by reproving or laughing at him, comforted him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 much much ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 concerned concerned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 cop _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 25 mark _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 adding add VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 vexation vexation NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 by by SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 reproving reprove VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 laughing laugh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 comforted comfort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | much | | queen | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **happen** | past · perfect | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | concerned *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | participle | | | | | | the queen *advcl*; foolish *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | to much's vexation | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to vexation=Co-Patient | | 7 | **reprove** | gerund | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **laugh** | gerund | | | | | | at much | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **comfort** | past | much *not said here* | much | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 10 | **vex** | | much | | | | | | nom vexation «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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/130/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/)