--- title: At last he found a woman, a very, very old woman, who told him that… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: At last he found a woman, a very, very old woman, who told him that when she was a tiny girl she remembered her grand-mother saying how, when _she_ was a tiny girl, a poor young man had been spirited away by the Genii of the mountains on the day of the Feast of Lanterns, leaving his wife and little --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/105/) [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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/) / 105 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 22, sentence 105 At last he found a woman, a very, very old woman, who told him that when she was a tiny girl she remembered her grand-mother saying how, when \_she\_ was a tiny girl, a poor young man had been spirited away by the Genii of the mountains on the day of the Feast of Lanterns, leaving his wife and little children with only a few handfuls of rice in the house. **Who acts:** Wang, old woman, woman, tiny girl, Genii · **What happens:** find, tell, be, remember, say, spirit away · **To what, where:** woman, last, Wang, tiny girl, grand mother, poor young man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wang, old woman, woman, tiny girl), 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:pg65965:22:107 # text = At last he found a woman, a very, very old woman, who told him that when she was a tiny girl she remembered her grand-mother saying how, when _she_ was a tiny girl, a poor young man had been spirited away by the Genii of the mountains on the day of the Feast of Lanterns, leaving his wife and little children with only a few handfuls of rice in the house. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 28 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 32 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 spirited spirit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ _ 50 away away ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 Genii Genii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ _ 57 on on ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 Feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 Lanterns lantern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 70 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 conj _ _ 72 with with ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 73 only only ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 74 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 handfuls handful NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 78 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nmod _ _ 79 in in ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | Wang | a woman | | last | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent woman=Theme at last=Asset | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a old woman | | Wang | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | past | woman | a tiny girl | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **remember** | past | a tiny girl | girl's grand mother | | | | girl *nsubj* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mother=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a tiny girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | woman | a tiny girl | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **spirit away** | past · perfect · passive | the Genii of the mountains | a poor young man | | | day | away *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **leave** | gerund | the Genii of the mountains *not said here* | Wang's wife and little children | | the house | | with a few handfuls of rice | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wife=Theme in house=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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/106/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/)