--- title: When the wizard saw that he had failed to kill either of his pursuer… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: When the wizard saw that he had failed to kill either of his pursuers, he saw that he would have to use his magic power in order to save himself, so he stretched forth his wand, and there came a great wave which engulfed Janqwi’s army and the two young generals. Who acts: wizard, great wave. 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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 (wizard, great wave), 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:pg65965:19:104 # text = When the wizard saw that he had failed to kill either of his pursuers, he saw that he would have to use his magic power in order to save himself, so he stretched forth his wand, and there came a great wave which engulfed Janqwi’s army and the two young generals. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 failed fail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 pursuers pursuer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 30 mark _ _ 28 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 fixed _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 36 forth forth ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 engulfed engulf VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 Janqwi Janqwi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 53 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 nummod _ _ 54 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 generals general NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the wizard | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **fail** | past · perfect | wizard | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **kill** | to-infinitive | wizard *not said here* | either of wizard's pursuers | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent either=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | wizard | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** | would | wizard | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **use** | to-infinitive | wizard *not said here* | wizard's magic power | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 7 | **save** | to-infinitive | wizard *not said here* | wizard | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 8 | **stretch** | past | wizard | wizard's wand | | | | forth *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wand=Patient | | 9 | **come** | past | wizard *not said here* | a great wave | | there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wave=Theme | | 10 | **engulf** | past | a great wave | Janqwi's army and the two young generals | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme army=Co-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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/104/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/)