--- title: Yun-Ying was dressed in white underneath, but her overdress was brig… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Yun-Ying was dressed in white underneath, but her overdress was bright blue, embroidered with beautiful flowers which she had worked herself; and she stood in the door of the hut, with a peach tree in full bloom over her head, making such a picture of youth and loveliness that Pei-Hang’s heart seeme --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/64/) [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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/) / 64 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 25, sentence 64 Yun-Ying was dressed in white underneath, but her overdress was bright blue, embroidered with beautiful flowers which she had worked herself; and she stood in the door of the hut, with a peach tree in full bloom over her head, making such a picture of youth and loveliness that Pei-Hang’s heart seemed to jump into his throat, and beat there fast enough to choke him. **Who acts:** overdress, Ying, heart · **What happens:** dress, be, embroider, work, stand, make · **To what, where:** Yun, white, beautiful flowers, door, picture, loveliness This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (overdress, Ying, 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:pg65965:25:65 # text = Yun-Ying was dressed in white underneath, but her overdress was bright blue, embroidered with beautiful flowers which she had worked herself; and she stood in the door of the hut, with a peach tree in full bloom over her head, making such a picture of youth and loveliness that Pei-Hang’s heart seemed to jump into his throat, and beat there fast enough to choke him. 1 Yun Yun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Ying Ying PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 8 underneath underneath ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 overdress overdress NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 worked work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 peach peach NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 bloom bloom NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 over over ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 49 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 51 det:predet _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 loveliness loveliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 57 Pei Pei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 Hang Hang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’s 's PART POS _ 59 case _ _ 61 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 62 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 xcomp _ _ 65 into into ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 71 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 70 advmod _ _ 72 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 70 advmod _ _ 73 enough enough ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 74 to to PART TO _ 75 mark _ _ 75 choke choke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 advcl _ _ 76 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dress** | past · passive | | Yun Ying | | white | | underneath *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | Ying's overdress | | | | | blue *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **embroider** | participle | Ying's overdress *not said here* | | | | | with beautiful flowers | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flower=Theme | | 4 | **work** | past · perfect · passive | | beautiful flowers | | | | Ying *obl* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material | | 5 | **stand** | past | Ying | | | the door of the hut | | with a peach tree in full bloom over Ying's head | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in door=Location | | 6 | **make** | gerund | Ying *not said here* | such picture of youth and loveliness | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset picture=Product | | 7 | **seem** | past | Pei Hang's heart | loveliness *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **jump** | to-infinitive | Pei Hang's heart *not said here* | | | | | into Yun's throat *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into throat=Result | | 9 | **beat** | past | Ying *not said here* | | | there | | enough, fast *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **choke** | to-infinitive | Ying *not said here* | | Yun | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/)