--- title: As soon as they arrived he sent out for some tree trunks, but the tr… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as they arrived he sent out for some tree trunks, but the trees that the people brought in were so small that Lumawig himself went to the forest and cut two large pine trees which he hurled to Lanao. Who acts: rice, LUMAWIG, people, trees. 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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 (rice, LUMAWIG, people, trees), 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:pg65965:23:107 # text = As soon as they arrived he sent out for some tree trunks, but the trees that the people brought in were so small that Lumawig himself went to the forest and cut two large pine trees which he hurled to Lanao. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 11 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 trunks trunk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 20 obl _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 Lumawig Lumawig PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 26 nmod:unmarked _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 34 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 35 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 hurled hurl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Lanao Lanao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | rice | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **send out** | past | LUMAWIG | | | | | for some tree trunks; soon *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bring in** | past | the people | the trees | | | | | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Asset | | 4 | **is** | past | the trees | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | past | Lumawig LUMAWIG | | | the forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **cut** | past | Lumawig LUMAWIG *not said here* | two large pine trees | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tree=Product | | 7 | **hurl** | past | two large pine trees | | Lanao | | | LUMAWIG *nsubj* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent to lanao=Destination | 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/pg65965/23/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/)