--- title: “I can see a great many houses and people,” said Wang Chih, “and str… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “I can see a great many houses and people,” said Wang Chih, “and streets—why, this is the town I was in yesterday, the one which has taken the place of my old village.” Who acts: Wang, this. 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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, this), 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:pg65965:23:47 # text = “I can see a great many houses and people,” said Wang Chih, “and streets—why, this is the town I was in yesterday, the one which has taken the place of my old village.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 Wang Wang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 15 Chih Chih PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 — - PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | can | Wang | a great many houses and people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Wang | | | | | streets and the town *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | the town | | | | the one *appos* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Wang | the town *not said here* | | | in yesterday | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the one | | | | the place of my old village *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme place=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/23/)