--- title: Now when morning broke and Rasalu said he must continue his journey,… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Now when morning broke and Rasalu said he must continue his journey, the headless corpse asked him whither he was going, and when he said, “To play chaupur with King Sarkap,” the corpse begged him to give up the idea, saying: “I am King Sarkap’s brother, and I know his ways. 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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 (Rasalu, headless corpse, corpse), 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:pg65965:20:98 # text = Now when morning broke and Rasalu said he must continue his journey, the headless corpse asked him whither he was going, and when he said, “To play chaupur with King Sarkap,” the corpse begged him to give up the idea, saying: “I am King Sarkap’s brother, and I know his ways. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 headless headless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 To to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 32 chaupur chaupur NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 44 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 : : PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 50 “ " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ _ 54 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’s 's PART POS _ 53 case _ _ 56 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | | | | | now; morning | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rasalu | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **continue** | must | Rasalu | Rasalu's journey | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the headless corpse | | Rasalu | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | Rasalu | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rasalu | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **play** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | chaupur | | | | with King Sarkap | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent chaupur=Theme with sarkap=Co-Agent | | 8 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the corpse | | Rasalu | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **give up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the corpse *not said here* | the idea | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Source | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the corpse *not said here* | | | | | King's brother *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the corpse *= corpse* | | | | | 's King | tree rules | | 12 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the corpse *= corpse* | Rasalu's ways | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 13 | **journey** | | Rasalu | | | | | | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/98/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/20/)