--- title: He then climbed into a branch overhanging it, and from there he thre… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He then climbed into a branch overhanging it, and from there he threw down to the wedding guests handfuls of jewels, and the yellow-faced mandarin was as busy as any one picking them up, much to the disgust of many who thought he was rich enough already. Who acts: Hang, faced mandarin, disgust. 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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 (Hang, faced mandarin, disgust), 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:pg65965:26:51 # text = He then climbed into a branch overhanging it, and from there he threw down to the wedding guests handfuls of jewels, and the yellow-faced mandarin was as busy as any one picking them up, much to the disgust of many who thought he was rich enough already. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 overhanging overhang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 obl _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 down down ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 compound _ _ 20 handfuls handful NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 26 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 faced faced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 mandarin mandarin NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 picking pick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 much much ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 disgust disgust NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 nmod _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 ccomp _ _ 51 enough enough ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 already already ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | past | Hang | | | a branch | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into branch=Destination | | 2 | **overhang** | gerund | Hang *not said here* | branch | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | | 3 | **throw down** | past | Hang | | | guests handfuls of jewels | | down *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from there=Initial\_Location to handful=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | the faced mandarin | | | | | as any one; busy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **pick up** | gerund | the faced mandarin *not said here* | handfuls *= handful* | | | | to the disgust of many | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the disgust of many | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | Hang | | | | | enough, rich *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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/52/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/)