--- title: It took him quite a long time to put these back again, but at last h… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: It took him quite a long time to put these back again, but at last he got it into something like order, although he said it must not be used more than once a year, and then only for a very short time. Who acts: It, Physician. 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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 (It, Physician), 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:pg65965:2:7 # text = It took him quite a long time to put these back again, but at last he got it into something like order, although he said it must not be used more than once a year, and then only for a very short time. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 quite quite ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 obj _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 18 obl _ _ 22 like like ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 although although SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 33 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 32 advmod _ _ 34 than than ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 32 advmod _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 41 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | It | | Physician | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 2 | **put back** | to-infinitive | | these | | | again | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent this=Goal | | 3 | **get** | past | Physician | last | | last | | into something like order | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at last=Asset | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Physician | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **use** | must · passive | | last | | | time | once *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/)