--- title: He had not studied for three years under the wisest man in Chang-nga… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He had not studied for three years under the wisest man in Chang-ngan for nothing, and, besides, he was determined to marry Yun-Ying, and when young men are very much in love, they sometimes accomplish things which seem to be impossible. Who acts: Pei, young men, arms, things. 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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 (Pei, young men, arms, things), 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:pg65965:26:21 # text = He had not studied for three years under the wisest man in Chang-ngan for nothing, and, besides, he was determined to marry Yun-Ying, and when young men are very much in love, they sometimes accomplish things which seem to be impossible. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 studied study VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 under under ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 wisest wise ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 Chang Chang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ngan ngan NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 besides besides INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 Yun Yun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Ying Ying PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 34 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 very very ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 advmod _ _ 44 accomplish accomplish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 45 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 50 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **study** | past · perfect | Pei | | | | year | under the wisest man in Chang ngan for nothing | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Pei | | | | | determined *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **marry** | to-infinitive | Pei *not said here* | Yun Ying | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yun=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | young men | | | love | | much *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **accomplish** | present | arms *= arm* | things | | | | sometimes *property* | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 6 | **seem** | present | things | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | things *not said here* | | | | | impossible *property* | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/22/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/)