--- title: Then the seventy fair maidens fell to the ground headlong; and some… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Then the seventy fair maidens fell to the ground headlong; and some were bruised and some were broken, but the only one who escaped unhurt was the maiden who loved Rasalu, for she fell out last, on the top of the others, and so came to no harm. Who acts: seventy fair maidens, only one, maiden, Rasal --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/29/) [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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/) / 29 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 21, sentence 29 Then the seventy fair maidens fell to the ground headlong; and some were bruised and some were broken, but the only one who escaped unhurt was the maiden who loved Rasalu, for she fell out last, on the top of the others, and so came to no harm. **Who acts:** seventy fair maidens, only one, maiden, Rasalu · **What happens:** fall, bruise, break, escape, be, love · **To what, where:** some, maiden, Rasalu, top, harm This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (seventy fair maidens, only one, maiden, Rasalu), 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:pg65965:21:29 # text = Then the seventy fair maidens fell to the ground headlong; and some were bruised and some were broken, but the only one who escaped unhurt was the maiden who loved Rasalu, for she fell out last, on the top of the others, and so came to no harm. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 seventy seventy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 bruised bruise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 unhurt unhurt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 38 out out ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 last last ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 53 det _ _ 53 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the seventy fair maidens | | | | then | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | | 2 | **bruise** | past · passive | | some | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **break** | past · passive | | some | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **escape** | past | the only one | | | | | unhurt *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | the only one | the maiden | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **love** | past | the maiden | Rasalu | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rasalu=Stimulus | | 7 | **fall out** | past | Rasalu | | | the top of the others | | last, out *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on top=Location | | 8 | **come** | past | the seventy fair maidens *not said here* | | | no harm | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to harm=Initial\_Location | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/30/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/)