--- title: The Geni walked with him as far as the Black River, and when our her… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The Geni walked with him as far as the Black River, and when our hero saw the great waste of water as black as ink, stretching away in front of him, it must be confessed his heart sank a little. Who acts: Geni, hero, heart. 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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 (Geni, hero, heart), 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:pg65965:25:115 # text = The Geni walked with him as far as the Black River, and when our hero saw the great waste of water as black as ink, stretching away in front of him, it must be confessed his heart sank a little. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Geni Geni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Black Black PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obl _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 ink ink NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 stretching stretch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 confessed confess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | the Geni | | | | | with Hang; far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | our hero | the great waste of water | | | | as black as ink | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer waste=Stimulus as black=Attribute | | 3 | **stretch away** | gerund | our hero *not said here* | | | front of Geni | | away *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **confess** | must · passive | | hero | | | | | vn declare-29.4 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **sink** | past | Geni's heart | a little | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/115/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/)