--- title: “Nine pedestals of massive gold,” answered the prince, “on eight whe… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “Nine pedestals of massive gold,” answered the prince, “on eight whereof are as many diamond statues, and on the ninth a piece of white satin, on which my father has written what I am to do to procure another statue, more valuable than all those together. Who acts: Nine pedestals, eight. 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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 (Nine pedestals, eight), 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:pg65965:17:53 # text = “Nine pedestals of massive gold,” answered the prince, “on eight whereof are as many diamond statues, and on the ninth a piece of white satin, on which my father has written what I am to do to procure another statue, more valuable than all those together. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 pedestals pedestal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 massive massive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nsubj _ _ 16 whereof whereof ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 statues statue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 ninth ninth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 satin satin NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 43 obj _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 parataxis _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 procure procure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 47 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 50 advmod _ _ 50 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ _ 51 than than ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 53 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 50 obl _ _ 54 together together ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Nine pedestals of massive gold | | the prince | | | the ninth *parataxis* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | eight | many diamond statues | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **write** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | my father | | a piece of white satin | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on which=Destination | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | Nine pedestals of massive gold *= pedestal* | | | | | what *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **procure** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Nine pedestals of massive gold *= pedestal* *not said here* | another statue | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/)