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title: As soon as he was far enough away from the sack (and it was the part… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: As soon as he was far enough away from the sack (and it was the part of the goat to lead him as far away as possible) the weasel would again put his sharp teeth into use, and gnaw through the cord which would be tied around the mouth of the sack, and so free their friend. Who acts: hunter, sack, wea
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 22, sentence 17

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As soon as he was far enough away from the sack (and it was the part of the goat to lead him as far away as possible) the weasel would again put his sharp teeth into use, and gnaw through the cord which would be tied around the mouth of the sack, and so free their friend.

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**Who acts:** hunter, sack, weasel · **What happens:** be, lead, put, gnaw, tie · **To what, where:** sack, part, hunter, sharp teeth, use, cord

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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 (hunter, sack, weasel), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg65965:22:17
# text = As soon as he was far enough away from the sack (and it was the part of the goat to lead him as far away as possible) the weasel would again put his sharp teeth into use, and gnaw through the cord which would be tied around the mouth of the sack, and so free their friend.
1	As	as	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	34	advcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	lead	lead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	as	as	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	26	advmod	_	_
26	away	away	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
27	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
28	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	weasel	weasel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
32	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
33	again	again	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
36	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obj	_	_
38	into	into	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	gnaw	gnaw	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	parataxis	_	_
43	through	through	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
46	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
47	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
48	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	aux:pass	_	_
49	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	acl:relcl	_	_
50	around	around	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
58	so	so	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
59	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	conj	_	_
60	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	34	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | hunter |  |  | the sack |  | away, enough, soon *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | sack | the part |  |  |  | of the goat | tree rules |
| 3 | **lead** | to-infinitive | hunter *not said here* | hunter |  |  |  | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 4 | **put** | would | the weasel | hunter's sharp teeth |  | use | again |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent tooth=Goal |
| 5 | **gnaw** | present |  |  |  | the cord |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **tie** | would · passive |  | the cord |  | the mouth of the sack |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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