--- title: He had no idea where the home of the Genii was, but Yun-Ying took hi… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He had no idea where the home of the Genii was, but Yun-Ying took him out into the garden, and showed him, in the far distance, a range of snow-capped mountains, with one peak towering above all the others. Who acts: Yang, Yun Ying, one peak. 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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 (Yang, Yun Ying, one peak), 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:pg65965:25:81 # text = He had no idea where the home of the Genii was, but Yun-Ying took him out into the garden, and showed him, in the far distance, a range of snow-capped mountains, with one peak towering above all the others. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Genii Genii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 Yun Yun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Ying Ying PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 range range NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 capped cap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 peak peak NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 44 towering tower VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 acl _ _ 45 above above ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 48 det:predet _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Yang | no idea | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | | 2 | **take out** | past | Yun Ying | Yang | | the garden | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **show** | past | Yun Ying *not said here* | | Yang | | | in the far distance and a range of capped mountains; one peak *conj* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Patient in distance=Topic | | 4 | **cap** | participle | | | | | | snow *compound* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tower** | gerund | one peak *not said here* | | | all others | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above other=Location | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/)