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title: On reaching the Red River, the White River, and the Blue River, Pei-… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: On reaching the Red River, the White River, and the Blue River, Pei-Hang did the same thing, and since that time no one has been able to find the home of the Genii, because no one else could cross the Blue River, much less the other three. Who acts: Blue River, one. A sentence of «The Jade Story Boo
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 26, sentence 40

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On reaching the Red River, the White River, and the Blue River, Pei-Hang did the same thing, and since that time no one has been able to find the home of the Genii, because no one else could cross the Blue River, much less the other three.

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**Who acts:** Blue River, one · **What happens:** reach, do, be, find, cross · **To what, where:** Red River, same thing, home, Blue River

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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 (Blue River, one), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg65965:26:40
# text = On reaching the Red River, the White River, and the Blue River, Pei-Hang did the same thing, and since that time no one has been able to find the home of the Genii, because no one else could cross the Blue River, much less the other three.
1	On	on	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
5	River	River	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	White	White	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	River	River	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Blue	Blue	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	River	River	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	Pei	Pei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	Hang	Hang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
19	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
25	since	since	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	det	_	_
27	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
28	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	29	det	_	_
29	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
30	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
31	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	32	cop	_	_
32	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	conj	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	Genii	Genii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
41	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
42	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	43	det	_	_
43	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
44	else	else	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
45	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	conj	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	Blue	Blue	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	River	River	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
51	much	much	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
52	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	55	advmod	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	49	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | gerund |  | the Red River and the White River |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent river=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | the Blue River and Pei and Hang | the same thing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** | present · perfect | no one |  |  |  | time | able *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | the home of the Genii |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic |
| 5 | **cross** | could | no one | the Blue River |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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