--- title: “We must let him have the pestle and mortar,” said the Geni who had… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “We must let him have the pestle and mortar,” said the Geni who had been his guide, and who had told the others about the wonderful red and white seeds while Pei-Hang was standing spell-bound by the beauty of the Lake. Who acts: We, Hang, Geni, Pei Hang. 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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 (We, Hang, Geni, Pei Hang), 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:pg65965:26:9 # text = “We must let him have the pestle and mortar,” said the Geni who had been his guide, and who had told the others about the wonderful red and white seeds while Pei-Hang was standing spell-bound by the beauty of the Lake. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pestle pestle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 mortar mortar NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Geni Geni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 cop _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 about about ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 30 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 31 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 34 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 Pei Pei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Hang Hang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 41 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Lake Lake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** *in a quote* | must | We | Hang | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | infinitive | Hang *not said here* | the pestle and mortar | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pestle=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Geni | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** | past · perfect | the Geni | Hang's guide | | | | Hang *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | | the others | | | | about the wonderful red seeds; who *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent other=Recipient about seed=Topic | | 6 | **stand** | past · progressive | Pei Hang | spell | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spell=Stimulus | | 7 | **bind** | participle | | spell *not said here* | | | | by the beauty of the Lake | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/)