--- title: The wedding had not taken place when Pei-Hang arrived, but Yun-Ying… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The wedding had not taken place when Pei-Hang arrived, but Yun-Ying was already arrayed in her wedding dress, and was standing beneath a peach tree which stood in front of the house. Who acts: Pei, peach tree. 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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, peach tree), 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:pg65965:26:44 # text = The wedding had not taken place when Pei-Hang arrived, but Yun-Ying was already arrayed in her wedding dress, and was standing beneath a peach tree which stood in front of the house. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 8 Pei Pei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Hang Hang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:unmarked _ _ 11 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 Yun Yun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Ying Ying PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 18 already already ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 arrayed array VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 28 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 peach peach NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **take** | past · perfect · passive | | the wedding | | | | place *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme place=Destination | | 2 | **arrive** | past | Pei Hang | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **array** | past · passive | | Yun Ying | | Ying's wedding dress | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** | past · progressive | | | | a peach tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath tree=Location | | 5 | **stand** | past | a peach tree | | | front of the house | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/)