--- title: But Shiku showed no fear; he ordered every soldier to scatter the as… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: 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. Who acts: Shiku, army, soldier, mingling. 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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 (Shiku, army, soldier, mingling), 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:pg65965:20:7 # text = 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. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Shiku Shiku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 scatter scatter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 mingling mingling NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 thus thus ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 progress progress NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | past | Shiku | no fear | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fear=Recipient | | 2 | **order** | past | army | every soldier | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent soldier=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **scatter** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | every soldier *not said here* | the ashes | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ash=Theme | | 4 | **carry** | past | Shiku | the ashes *not said here* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme | | 5 | **turn** | participle | this mingling with the water | | | a sort of clay | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into sort=Trajectory | | 6 | **stop** | gerund | this mingling with the water *not said here* | the progress of the water | | | | thus *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality progress=Eventuality | | 7 | **sort** | | | clay | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **progress** | | the water | | | | | | nom progress «act intransitive»: of=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/)