--- title: Wang Chih felt rather frightened when he perceived the cave in the d… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Wang Chih felt rather frightened when he perceived the cave in the distance, and if it had not been for the thought of seeing his wife again, and his little boy and girl, he would have been glad to turn back. Who acts: Wang, cave, thought, little boy. 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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 (Wang, cave, thought, little boy), 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:pg65965:23:24 # text = Wang Chih felt rather frightened when he perceived the cave in the distance, and if it had not been for the thought of seeing his wife again, and his little boy and girl, he would have been glad to turn back. 1 Wang Wang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Chih Chih PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 rather rather ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 frightened frightened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 cop _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 24 of of SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 cop _ _ 41 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 44 back back ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | Wang | | | | | frightened *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **perceive** | past | Wang | the cave | | | | in the distance | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cave=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | cave | | | | | for the thought | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | gerund | the thought *not said here* | dragon's wife | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | would · perfect | dragon's little boy and girl | | | | | dragon *nsubj*; glad *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **turn back** | to-infinitive | dragon's little boy and girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/)