--- title: She called another meeting of the wise men, and they decided that ne… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: 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 th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/35/) [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/) / 35 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 20, sentence 35 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. **Who acts:** moon, pillars, sun, accident, repairs · **What happens:** call, decide, travel, make, damage, be · **To what, where:** meeting, daily journeys, roads, pillars, repairs · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (moon, pillars, sun, accident), 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:pg65965:20:35 # text = 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. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 14 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 16 cc:preconj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 22 because because SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 30 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 nightly nightly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 33 journeys journey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 damaged damage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 expl _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 48 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 inform inform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 csubj _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 53 repairs repair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 59 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 safely safely ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 venture venture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 63 forth forth ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 64 again again ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | moon | another meeting of the wise men | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent meeting=Recipient | | 2 | **decide** | past | pillars *= pillar* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **travel** | could | the sun nor the moon | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past | pillars *= pillar* | pillars's daily journeys | | | | by the roads | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset journey=Product | | 5 | **damage** | past · perfect · passive | the accident to the pillar | the roads | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | the accident to the pillar *not said here* | | | | now | necessary *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | pillars *= pillar* | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 8 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | repairs | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 9 | **venture** | could | repairs *= repair* | | | | again | forth, safely *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **journey** | | pillars *= pillar* | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/36/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/)