--- title: After this, Rasalu strode on fifteen paces, till he came to the seve… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: After this, Rasalu strode on fifteen paces, till he came to the seventy drums, that everyone who came to play chaupur with the king had to beat in turn; and he beat them so loudly that he broke them all. Who acts: Rasalu, maiden, everyone. 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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, everyone), 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:pg65965:21:30 # text = After this, Rasalu strode on fifteen paces, till he came to the seventy drums, that everyone who came to play chaupur with the king had to beat in turn; and he beat them so loudly that he broke them all. 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 strode stride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 paces pace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 till till SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 seventy seventy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 19 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 28 nsubj _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 chaupur chaupur NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stride** | past | Rasalu | | | | after this | on fifteen paces | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pace=Trajectory | | 2 | **come** | past | maiden | | | the seventy drums | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to drum=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **come** | past | | | | | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **play** | to-infinitive | | chaupur | | | | with the king | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent chaupur=Theme with king=Co-Agent | | 5 | **have** | past | everyone | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **beat** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | | | turn | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in turn=Location | | 7 | **beat** | past | maiden | drums *= drum* | | | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 8 | **break** | past | maiden | drums *= drum* | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/)