--- title: As soon as the hunter saw him in such feeble condition he was sure h… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the hunter saw him in such feeble condition he was sure he could catch him without difficulty, and so, throwing down his sack, he ran after the goat, who artfully drew him farther and farther away, until they were both out of sight. Who acts: hunter, goat, teeth. A sentence of «The Jade S --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/19/) [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/) / 19 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 22, sentence 19 As soon as the hunter saw him in such feeble condition he was sure he could catch him without difficulty, and so, throwing down his sack, he ran after the goat, who artfully drew him farther and farther away, until they were both out of sight. **Who acts:** hunter, goat, teeth · **What happens:** see, be, catch, throw down, run, draw · **To what, where:** goat, such feeble condition, sack, hunter, sight 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, goat, teeth), 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:pg65965:22:19 # text = As soon as the hunter saw him in such feeble condition he was sure he could catch him without difficulty, and so, throwing down his sack, he ran after the goat, who artfully drew him farther and farther away, until they were both out of sight. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 feeble feeble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 without without ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 after after ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 artfully artfully ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 conj _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 45 until until SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 48 both both ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 49 out out ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the hunter | goat | | such feeble condition | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | hunter | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **catch** | could | hunter | goat | | | | without difficulty | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **throw down** | gerund | the hunter *not said here* | hunter's sack | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme | | 5 | **run** | past | hunter | | | | after the goat | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **draw** | past | the goat | hunter | | | | artfully, far *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | teeth *= tooth* | | | sight | | both *property* | tree rules | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/)