--- title: With such force did he strike the rocks that he made a great hole in… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: 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. Who acts: Korkwi, rocks, pillars. 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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 (Korkwi, rocks, pillars), 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:pg65965:20:23 # text = 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. 1 With with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 embedded embed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 22 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 upheld uphold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past · do-support | Korkwi | the rocks | | | | with such force | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent rock=Patient with force=Instrument | | 2 | **make** | past | the rocks | a great hole | | the mountain | | Korkwi *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hole=Product | | 3 | **embed** | past · passive | | some of the pillars | | the rocks | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: some=Theme in which=Destination | | 4 | **uphold** | past | the pillars | the heavens | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **break** | past · passive | | one of this pillars | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/)