--- title: The youth told the king all about the wonderful garden, and said tha… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The youth told the king all about the wonderful garden, and said that it was his great desire to meet the master of so enchanting a place, and to express to him his thanks for the great pleasure that had been his while living in such a paradise. Who acts: youth, master, great pleasure. 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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 (youth, master, great pleasure), 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:pg65965:27:1 # text = The youth told the king all about the wonderful garden, and said that it was his great desire to meet the master of so enchanting a place, and to express to him his thanks for the great pleasure that had been his while living in such a paradise. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 enchanting enchant VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 express express VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 discourse _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 cop _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 while while SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 46 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 50 det:predet _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 paradise paradise NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the youth | | the king | | | about the wonderful garden | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent king=Recipient about garden=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the youth *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | youth | king's great desire | | | | king *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 4 | **meet** | to-infinitive | the youth *not said here* | the master | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Co-Agent | | 5 | **enchant** | gerund | the master *not said here* | a place | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus place=Experiencer | | 6 | **express** | to-infinitive | the youth *not said here* | | king | | | king's thanks for the great pleasure *discourse* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** | past · perfect | the great pleasure | king | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **live** | gerund | the youth *not said here* | | | such paradise | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in paradise=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: [Opening, part 26, 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/110/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/27/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/27/)