--- title: The King watched very closely to see how Vira-vara spent his pay, an… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The King watched very closely to see how Vira-vara spent his pay, and found that half of it went towards the support of the Temple, a fourth was devoted to relieving the poor, and the remaining fourth only did he reserve for his own sustenance. Who acts: King, Vira vara, half. 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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 (King, Vira vara, half), 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:pg65965:2:44 # text = The King watched very closely to see how Vira-vara spent his pay, and found that half of it went towards the support of the Temple, a fourth was devoted to relieving the poor, and the remaining fourth only did he reserve for his own sustenance. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 closely closely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 8 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 9 Vira Vira PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 vara vara NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 pay pay NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 22 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 23 towards towards ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 support support NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Temple Temple PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fourth fourth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 devoted devote VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 parataxis _ _ 34 to to SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 relieving relieve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 remaining remain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 42 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 41 xcomp _ _ 43 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 44 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 reserve reserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 sustenance sustenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past | the King | | | | | closely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **spend** | past | Vira vara | King's pay | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pay=Asset | | 4 | **find** | past | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | half of vara | | | the support of the Temple | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards support=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **devote** | past · passive | | a fourth | | | | | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **relieve** | gerund | | the poor | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus poor=Experiencer | | 8 | **remain** | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | | | fourth *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **reserve** | past · do-support | King | | | | | for King's own sustenance | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for sustenance=Beneficiary | | 10 | **pay** | | King | | | | | | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **support** | | | the Temple | | | | | nom support «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/)