--- title: “No, you cannot,” said the old woman, “because it is a pestle and mo… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “No, you cannot,” said the old woman, “because it is a pestle and mortar of jade, and you can only get another one from the home of the Genii, which is on a mountain above the Lake of Gems. Who acts: old woman, cord, you, home. 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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 (old woman, cord, you, home), 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:pg65965:25:78 # text = “No, you cannot,” said the old woman, “because it is a pestle and mortar of jade, and you can only get another one from the home of the Genii, which is on a mountain above the Lake of Gems. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 because because SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 pestle pestle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 mortar mortar NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 jade jade NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 30 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Genii Genii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 44 above above ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Lake Lake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Gems Gem PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | cord | a pestle and mortar of jade | | | | mortar of jade *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | can | you | another one | | the home of the Genii and a mountain | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent one=Theme from home=Source | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the home of the Genii and a mountain | | | a mountain | | above the Lake of Gems | tree rules | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/)