--- title: Her words moved the heart of Rajah Rasalu, and going to the potter,… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Her words moved the heart of Rajah Rasalu, and going to the potter, he asked him to sell the kiln as it was; but the potter replied that he could not settle a fair price till the pots were burned, as he could not tell how many would come out whole. Who acts: words, Rajah, heart, potter. 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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 (words, Rajah, heart, potter), 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:pg65965:21:47 # text = Her words moved the heart of Rajah Rasalu, and going to the potter, he asked him to sell the kiln as it was; but the potter replied that he could not settle a fair price till the pots were burned, as he could not tell how many would come out whole. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Rajah Rajah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 11 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 potter potter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 kiln kiln NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 potter potter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 settle settle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 till till SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 pots pot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 parataxis _ _ 50 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 51 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 nsubj _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 ccomp _ _ 54 out out ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | Rasalu's words | the heart of Rajah | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent heart=Theme | | 2 | **go** | gerund | Rajah *not said here* | | | the potter | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to potter=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Rajah | | Sarkap | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **sell** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Rajah *not said here* | the kiln | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kiln=Theme | | 5 | **be** | past | heart | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the potter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **settle** | could | Rajah | a fair price | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme price=Location | | 8 | **burn** | past · passive | | the pots | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | could | Rajah | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **come out** | would | many | | | | | out, whole *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **word** | | Rasalu | | | | | | nom word «communication 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/)