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title: The fakir’s power was so great that he knew of the King’s approach l… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: The fakir’s power was so great that he knew of the King’s approach long before he reached the foot of the mountain on one side of which the village was situated, and he said to his disciples, “Rájá Rasalu is on his way here with the purpose of putting my knowledge to the test. Who acts: power, FAKIR
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 27, sentence 10

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The fakir’s power was so great that he knew of the King’s approach long before he reached the foot of the mountain on one side of which the village was situated, and he said to his disciples, “Rájá Rasalu is on his way here with the purpose of putting my knowledge to the test.

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**Who acts:** power, FAKIR, Rájá Rasalu, purpose, King · **What happens:** be, know, reach, situate, say, put · **To what, where:** foot, one side, village, disciples, way, knowledge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (power, FAKIR, Rájá Rasalu, purpose), 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:pg65965:27:11
# text = The fakir’s power was so great that he knew of the King’s approach long before he reached the foot of the mountain on one side of which the village was situated, and he said to his disciples, “Rájá Rasalu is on his way here with the purpose of putting my knowledge to the test.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fakir	fakir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	’s	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	’s	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
17	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	nummod	_	_
27	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	obl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	disciples	disciple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
42	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	Rájá	Rájá	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	compound	_	_
44	Rasalu	Rasalu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
45	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	cop	_	_
46	on	on	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
49	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	48	advmod	_	_
50	with	with	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
53	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
54	putting	put	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	52	acl	_	_
55	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	_
57	to	to	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the fakir's power |  |  |  |  | great *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past | FAKIR |  |  |  |  | of the King's approach; long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of approach=Stimulus |
| 3 | **reach** | past | FAKIR | the foot of the mountain |  | one side |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent foot=Theme |
| 4 | **situate** | past · passive |  | the village |  |  |  | of one side | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | FAKIR |  | FAKIR's disciples |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to disciple=Recipient |
| 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Rájá Rasalu |  |  | FAKIR's way; here |  | with the purpose; FAKIR *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 7 | **put** *in a quote* | gerund | the purpose *not said here* | my knowledge |  |  |  | to the test | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Goal |
| 8 | **approach** |  | the King |  |  |  |  |  | nom approach «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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