--- title: The ninth pedestal redoubled this amazement, for it was covered with… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The ninth pedestal redoubled this amazement, for it was covered with a piece of white satin, on which were written these words: “Dear son, it cost me much toil to procure these eight statues; but though they are extraordinarily beautiful, you must understand that there is a ninth in the world, which --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/27/) [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/) / 27 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 17, sentence 27 The ninth pedestal redoubled this amazement, for it was covered with a piece of white satin, on which were written these words: “Dear son, it cost me much toil to procure these eight statues; but though they are extraordinarily beautiful, you must understand that there is a ninth in the world, which surpasses them all. **Who acts:** ninth pedestal, amazement, pedestals, you, ninth · **What happens:** redouble, cover, write, cost, procure, be · **To what, where:** amazement, words, much toil, heavens, eight statues, statues · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (ninth pedestal, amazement, pedestals, you), 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:pg65965:17:27 # text = The ninth pedestal redoubled this amazement, for it was covered with a piece of white satin, on which were written these words: “Dear son, it cost me much toil to procure these eight statues; but though they are extraordinarily beautiful, you must understand that there is a ninth in the world, which surpasses them all. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 ninth ninth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 pedestal pedestal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 redoubled redouble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 satin satin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 23 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 cost cost VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 toil toil NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 procure procure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 37 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 38 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 statues statue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 42 though though SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 extraordinarily extraordinarily ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 53 expl _ _ 53 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 ninth ninth NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 61 surpasses surpass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ _ 62 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 62 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **redouble** | past | the ninth pedestal | this amazement | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cover** | past · passive | | amazement | | | | with a piece of white satin | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with piece=Theme | | 3 | **write** | past · passive | | this words | | | | which *obl* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: word=Theme on which=Destination | | 4 | **cost** *in a quote* | past | amazement | much toil | heavens *= heaven* | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme i=Beneficiary toil=Value | | 5 | **procure** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | amazement *not said here* | this eight statues | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | pedestals *= pedestal* | | | | | beautiful, extraordinarily *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **understand** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a ninth in the world | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **surpass** *in a quote* | present | a ninth in the world | statues *= statue* | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/28/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/)