--- title: In the midst of this room were nine pedestals of massy gold, on eigh… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: In the midst of this room were nine pedestals of massy gold, on eight of which stood as many statues, each of them made of a single diamond, and from them darted such a brightness that the whole room was perfectly light. Who acts: nine pedestals, whole room. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stori --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/25/) [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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/) / 25 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 17, sentence 25 In the midst of this room were nine pedestals of massy gold, on eight of which stood as many statues, each of them made of a single diamond, and from them darted such a brightness that the whole room was perfectly light. **Who acts:** nine pedestals, whole room · **What happens:** be, stand, make, dart · **To what, where:** nine pedestals, midst, many statues, eight, brightness, light This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nine pedestals, whole room), 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:pg65965:17:25 # text = In the midst of this room were nine pedestals of massy gold, on eight of which stood as many statues, each of them made of a single diamond, and from them darted such a brightness that the whole room was perfectly light. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 pedestals pedestal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 massy massy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 19 as as ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 statues statue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 21 appos _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 35 darted dart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 36 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 38 det:predet _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 brightness brightness NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | nine pedestals | | the midst of this room | | of massy gold | tree rules | | 2 | **stand** | past | nine pedestals | many statues | | eight | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent statue=Theme on eight=Destination | | 3 | **make** | participle | | many statues *not said here* | | | | of a single diamond | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **dart** | past | nine pedestals *not said here* | such brightness | | | | from statues *= statue* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent brightness=Theme from they=Trajectory | | 5 | **is a** | past | the whole room | light | | | | perfectly *property* | tree rules | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/)