--- title: And this was just what he wanted to be, for the yellow-faced mandari… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: And this was just what he wanted to be, for the yellow-faced mandarin was only the richest man in Chang-ngan, and he knew that the richest man in China would have much the greater chance of winning Yun-Ying. Who acts: this, Pei, faced mandarin, richest man. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Storie --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/28/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/) / 28 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 26, sentence 28 And this was just what he wanted to be, for the yellow-faced mandarin was only the richest man in Chang-ngan, and he knew that the richest man in China would have much the greater chance of winning Yun-Ying. **Who acts:** this, Pei, faced mandarin, richest man, greater chance · **What happens:** be, want, know, have, win · **To what, where:** richest man, Chang ngan, greater chance, Yun Ying · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, Pei, faced mandarin, richest man), 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:pg65965:26:28 # text = And this was just what he wanted to be, for the yellow-faced mandarin was only the richest man in Chang-ngan, and he knew that the richest man in China would have much the greater chance of winning Yun-Ying. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 faced faced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 mandarin mandarin NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 richest rich ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 Chang Chang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ngan ngan NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 richest rich ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 33 amod _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 38 much much ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 amod _ _ 41 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 42 of of SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 winning win VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 44 Yun Yun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Ying Ying PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | Pei | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **be** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Pei *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | the faced mandarin | the richest man | | Chang ngan | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | past | Pei | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** | would | the richest man in China | the greater chance | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient | | 7 | **win** | gerund | the greater chance *not said here* | Yun Ying | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ying=Eventuality | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/)