--- title: He was sure that now he would find the master gardener, and be able… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He was sure that now he would find the master gardener, and be able to express his gratitude to him for the marvels he had seen and studied. Who acts: youth. 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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 (youth), 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:pg65965:26:102 # text = He was sure that now he would find the master gardener, and be able to express his gratitude to him for the marvels he had seen and studied. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 15 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 express express VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 marvels marvel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 studied study VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | youth | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | would | youth | the master gardener | | | now | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gardener=Topic | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | youth *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **express** | to-infinitive | youth *not said here* | youth's gratitude | youth | | | for the marvels | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme to he=Recipient | | 5 | **see** | past · perfect | youth | the marvels *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer marvel=Stimulus | | 6 | **study** | participle | youth *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/102/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/)