--- title: Opening, part 20 — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · full text with trees description: Opening, part 20, «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Shiku and Oku returned to the Empress, who made the Fire King Commander-in-Chief of her army. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/) [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 20 # Opening, part 20 Opening, part 20 of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens: the whole text, 111 sentences and 2544 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/page/2/) Shiku and Oku returned to the Empress, who made the Fire King Commander-in-Chief of her army.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") He told her to have no fear, for he would certainly vanquish their enemy.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") The new general was aware of the source of the magician’s power, and he instructed all of the soldiers to gather large quantities of a certain plant.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") This was done, and a great fire was made of all that was collected, and then everyone was ordered to fill a bag full of the ashes.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") Shiku, accompanied by Haki and Oku, marched at the head of his army against Korkwi, who, knowing that water would extinguish fire, laughed at him.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") As the army approached, the magician caused the water to rise, thinking to speedily destroy his foes.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") But Shiku showed no fear; he ordered every soldier to scatter the ashes they carried, and this mingling with the water, turned into a sort of clay, thus stopping the progress of the water.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") When Korkwi saw that Shiku was his superior in wisdom, he became furious with rage, and charged the enemy headlong.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") Oku rode to meet him, and soon the two were engaged in deadly combat.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") For a long time they fought without advantage to either, then Oku began to tire, and his comrade, seeing this, took his place.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") Being fresh, he began to prove more than a match for Korkwi, who now desired to retire from the fight.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") So he artfully said:[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") “It was courageous on your part to risk your life for your friend, and I wish to show how highly I esteem such valor.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") Far be it from me to slay such a man.”[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") With this he turned his horse in retreat; but his idea was to take Haki off his guard, and then to turn on him and kill him without mercy.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") But Shiku saw what his intention was at once, and called him a cowardly deceiver.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Korkwi attacked Shiku, who wounded him in the arm.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") The magician then tried to escape in earnest, and galloped away at his utmost speed.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") It was the custom at that time for opposing armies to watch when a champion from each side should engage in a duel, and so the armies of Shiku and Korkwi had stood awaiting the result.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") Shiku now ordered his soldiers to charge the enemy, and this they did, defeating them utterly.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") Korkwi saw that fate was against him.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") His magic was useless to him, because Shiku knew more than he did, so, frenzied with pain and disappointment, he dashed his head against the rocks of Mount Kuri, and so perished.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") With such force did he strike the rocks that he made a great hole in the mountain, in which were embedded some of the pillars which upheld the heavens, and one of these pillars was broken.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") One corner of the sky thereupon began to drop, and at length it touched the earth.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Shiku, taking with him the body of his enemy, returned to the Empress Janqwi, victorious.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") But trouble had not ceased for Janqwi.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") Fire was bursting out from the mountain in which was the broken pillar, and was doing great damage to the country round about.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") The Empress hastened to the scene of the disaster, and found that considerable damage had been done to both Heaven and earth.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") The problem now was how to repair this damage, so she gathered together the wise men of the kingdom to see what could be done.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") Under their advice she ordered her subjects to collect all the stones they could find of these five colors—red, blue, yellow, white and black.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") These she had boiled in a huge cauldron, and the result was a cement which would mend anything.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") With Shiku’s magic help she then mounted the clouds, taking the cement with her, and having reached that corner of the sky which was broken, she mended it.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") She then repaired the broken pillar.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") Now all of this was the more difficult to do because ever since the hole was made in the mountain the moon had ceased to shine by night, and the sun by day, so that it was quite dark, and even now it remained so.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") She called another meeting of the wise men, and they decided that neither the sun nor the moon could travel because the roads by which they made their daily and nightly journeys had been damaged by the accident to the pillar, and it was now necessary to inform them that repairs had been made, and they could safely venture forth again.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") But the sun and moon were millions of miles away, and the problem was how to reach them.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Shiku had recourse to his magic, and he produced a chariot which could race through the air at unbelievable speed.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") Haki and Oku were chosen by the Empress to be her messengers to the sun and moon to tell them that the roads were now perfectly safe.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") So these two set out on their journey in the wonderful chariot, and finally they reached both the sun and the moon.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") It was just as the wise men had said—neither sun nor moon was aware that the roads damaged by the breaking of the pillar had been repaired, but when they were assured by Haki and Oku that these were now perfectly safe for travel they were satisfied, and so the Lords of Light again took up their daily and nightly duties.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") So again all was well in China, and for many years the people lived in peace and prosperity, rejoicing in the fact that the beloved and wise Janqwi was their Empress.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") RAJA RASALU[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") Once there lived a great Rajah, whose name was Salabhan, and he had a Queen, by name Lona, who, though she wept and prayed at many a shrine, had never a child to gladden her eyes.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") After a long time, however, a son was promised to her.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") Queen Lona returned to the palace, and when the time for the birth of the promised son drew nigh, she inquired of three Jogis who came begging to her gate, what the child’s fate would be, and the youngest of them answered and said: “Oh, Queen\![45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") The child will be a boy, and he will live to be a great man.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") But for twelve years you must not look upon his face, for if either you or his father see it before the twelve years are past, you will surely die\![47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") This is what you must do: As soon as the child is born you must send him away to a cellar underneath the ground, and never let him see the light of day for twelve years.[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") After they are over he may come forth, bathe in the river, put on new clothes, and visit you.[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") His name shall be Rajah Rasalu, and he shall be known far and wide.”[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") So, when a fair young Prince was in due time born, his parents hid him away in an underground palace, with nurses and servants, and everything else a king’s son might desire.[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") And with him they sent a young colt, born the same day, and sword, spear, and shield, against the day when Rajah Rasalu should go forth into the world.[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") So there the child lived, playing with his colt, and talking to his parrot; but when the twelfth year began the lad’s heart leaped up with desire for change, and he loved to listen to the sounds of life which came to him in his palace-prison from the outside world.[53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/page/2/) - ← previous: [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/page/2/) - ↑ back to [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/)