--- title: “Moreover, if you wait while the procession passes, you will see two… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “Moreover, if you wait while the procession passes, you will see two children dressed to represent Han Chung and Ho-Seen-Ko, and their mother carrying the empty rice-bowl between them; for this is done every year to remind people to take care of the widow and fatherless,” she said. 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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 (you, procession, mother), 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:pg65965:22:108 # text = “Moreover, if you wait while the procession passes, you will see two children dressed to represent Han Chung and Ho-Seen-Ko, and their mother carrying the empty rice-bowl between them; for this is done every year to remind people to take care of the widow and fatherless,” she said. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Moreover moreover ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wait wait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 ccomp _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 represent represent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 20 Han Han PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 Chung Chung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 Ho Ho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Seen Seen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Ko Ko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 32 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 35 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 38 between between ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 45 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 46 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 remind remind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 49 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 52 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 fatherless fatherless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pass** *in a quote* | present | the procession | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | future | you | two children | | | | children's mother *parataxis*; moreover *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | | 4 | **dress** *in a quote* | participle | | two children *not said here* | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **represent** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | Han and Ho and Seen and Ko | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot han=Theme | | 6 | **carry** *in a quote* | gerund | children's mother *not said here* | the empty rice bowl | | | | between children *= child* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | present · passive | | this | | | year | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **remind** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | people | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | care | | | | of the widow | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of widow=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | procession | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/)