--- title: Then he went to the Murti Hills, and placed the newborn babe, Kokila… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Then he went to the Murti Hills, and placed the newborn babe, Kokilan, in an underground palace, and planted the mango branch at the door, saying, “In twelve years the mango tree will blossom; then will I return and marry Kokilan.” Who acts: King, mango tree. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stor --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/99/) [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/) / 99 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 21, sentence 99 Then he went to the Murti Hills, and placed the newborn babe, Kokilan, in an underground palace, and planted the mango branch at the door, saying, “In twelve years the mango tree will blossom; then will I return and marry Kokilan.” **Who acts:** King, mango tree · **What happens:** go, place, plant, say, blossom, return · **To what, where:** newborn babe, underground palace, mango branch, door, twelve years, Kokilan · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (King, mango tree), 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:pg65965:21:99 # text = Then he went to the Murti Hills, and placed the newborn babe, Kokilan, in an underground palace, and planted the mango branch at the door, saying, “In twelve years the mango tree will blossom; then will I return and marry Kokilan.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Murti Murti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Hills Hill PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 newborn newborn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 babe babe NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Kokilan Kokilan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 underground underground ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 planted plant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 mango mango NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 In in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 mango mango NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 blossom blossom VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 49 Kokilan Kokilan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | King | | | | then | to the Murti Hills | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **place** | past | King *not said here* | the newborn babe | | a underground palace | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent babe=Theme in palace=Destination | | 3 | **plant** | past | King *not said here* | the mango branch | | the door | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent branch=Theme at door=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | year | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **blossom** *in a quote* | future | the mango tree | twelve years *not said here* | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location year=Theme | | 6 | **return** *in a quote* | future | King | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **marry** *in a quote* | infinitive | King *not said here* | Kokilan | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kokilan=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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/100/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/21/)