--- title: It was a long and wearisome climb, but at last they got up there, an… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: It was a long and wearisome climb, but at last they got up there, and found eight of the Genii sitting on eight snow-peaks, and looking down on the Lake of Gems, as Yun-Ying had said. Who acts: way, things, eight. 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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 (way, things, eight), 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:pg65965:26:4 # text = It was a long and wearisome climb, but at last they got up there, and found eight of the Genii sitting on eight snow-peaks, and looking down on the Lake of Gems, as Yun-Ying had said. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wearisome wearisome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 climb climb VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 up up ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Genii Genii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 xcomp _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 26 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 peaks peak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 conj _ _ 32 down down ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Lake Lake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Gems Gem PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 Yun Yun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Ying Ying PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 flat _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | way | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | way *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **climb** | present | way *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **be** | | way *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **get up** | past | things *= thing* | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **find** | past | | eight of the Genii | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent eight=Attribute clause=Theme | | 7 | **sit** | gerund | eight of the Genii *not said here* | | | eight snow peaks | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on peak=Location | | 8 | **look down** | gerund | eight of the Genii *not said here* | | | | | on the Lake of Gems; down *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on lake=Theme | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | Yun | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/)