--- title: His mother, who was a very wise woman, as most mothers are, told him… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: His mother, who was a very wise woman, as most mothers are, told him the Genii would be angry if he turned their great rivers into brooks, and would probably refuse to give him the pestle and mortar made of jade. Who acts: mother, most mothers, Genii, Pei. 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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 (mother, most mothers, Genii, Pei), 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:pg65965:25:94 # text = His mother, who was a very wise woman, as most mothers are, told him the Genii would be angry if he turned their great rivers into brooks, and would probably refuse to give him the pestle and mortar made of jade. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 13 mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 16 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Genii Genii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 22 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 brooks brook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 probably probably ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 refuse refuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 pestle pestle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 mortar mortar NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 43 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 jade jade NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Pei's mother | a wise woman | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **does** | present | most mothers | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Pei's mother | | Pei | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | would | the Genii | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **turn** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Pei | women's great rivers | | brooks | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent river=Theme into brook=Trajectory | | 6 | **refuse** | would | | | | | | probably *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **give** | to-infinitive | | the pestle and mortar | Pei | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient pestle=Theme | | 8 | **make** | participle | | the pestle and mortar *not said here* | | | | of jade | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/94/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/25/)