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title: It was just as the wise men had said—neither sun nor moon was aware… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: 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 dail
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 20, sentence 40

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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.

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**Who acts:** sun, Haki, these, roads, Lords · **What happens:** say, be, damage, repair, assure, take up · **To what, where:** two, roads, travel, daily duties · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (sun, Haki, these, roads), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg65965:20:40
# text = 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.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	14	cc	_	_
14	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	aware	aware	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	damaged	damage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
21	by	by	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	breaking	breaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	pillar	pillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
28	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	repaired	repair	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
31	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
32	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	35	advmod	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj:pass	_	_
34	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux:pass	_	_
35	assured	assure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
36	by	by	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Haki	Haki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	Oku	Oku	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	conj	_	_
40	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
41	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	45	nsubj	_	_
42	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
43	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	45	advmod	_	_
44	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
45	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	advcl	_	_
46	for	for	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
48	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
49	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	cop	_	_
50	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
53	so	so	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	Lords	Lord	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	59	nsubj	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	Light	Light	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	_
58	again	again	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
59	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
60	up	up	ADP	RP	_	59	compound:prt	_	_
61	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
62	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
64	nightly	nightly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	conj	_	_
65	duties	duty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | two |  |  |  | the wise men *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | neither sun nor moon |  |  |  |  | aware *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **damage** | participle |  | the roads *not said here* |  |  |  | by the breaking of the pillar | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **repair** | past · perfect · passive |  | the roads |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **assure** | past · passive | Haki and Oku | roads *= road* |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 6 | **is** | past | these |  |  |  | now | for travel; perfectly, safe *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | past | roads *= road* | travel *not said here* |  |  |  | satisfied *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **take up** | past | the Lords of Light | Haki's daily duties |  |  | again |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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