--- title: Now when Rasalu replied so gallantly, the maiden looked in his face,… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Now when Rasalu replied so gallantly, the maiden looked in his face, and seeing how fair he was, and how brave and strong, she straightway fell in love with him, and would gladly have followed him through the world. Who acts: Rasalu, maiden, she straightway. 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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, maiden, she straightway), 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:pg65965:21:10 # text = Now when Rasalu replied so gallantly, the maiden looked in his face, and seeing how fair he was, and how brave and strong, she straightway fell in love with him, and would gladly have followed him through the world. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 gallantly gallantly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 24 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 compound _ _ 29 straightway straightway NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 40 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 parataxis _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Rasalu | | | | now | gallantly *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **look** | past | the maiden | | | | | in maiden's face | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in face=Theme | | 3 | **see** | gerund | Rasalu *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | maiden | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fall** | past | she straightway | | | love | | with maiden | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 6 | **follow** | would · perfect | | maiden | | the world | | gladly *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme through world=Trajectory | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/)