--- title: These words roused some recollection in Rasalu’s mind, and when, jus… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: These words roused some recollection in Rasalu’s mind, and when, just at this moment, the kitten in his pocket began to struggle, he remembered all about the warning, and the dice made from dead men’s bones. Who acts: words, moment, Rasalu. 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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, moment, 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:pg65965:21:66 # text = These words roused some recollection in Rasalu’s mind, and when, just at this moment, the kitten in his pocket began to struggle, he remembered all about the warning, and the dice made from dead men’s bones. 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 3 roused rouse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 recollection recollection NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 kitten kitten NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 struggle struggle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 30 all all ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 about about ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 dice dice NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 parataxis _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rouse** | participle | this words *not said here* | some recollection | | Rasalu's mind | | | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recollection=Patient | | 2 | **begin** | past | this moment | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **struggle** | to-infinitive | this moment *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **remember** | past | this words | | | | | about the warning; Place *nsubj* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **make** | participle · passive | | the dice | | dead men's bones | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from bone=Material | | 6 | **mind** | | Rasalu | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/67/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/)