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title: Then was the fakir irritated and ashamed, and he said, “O King, this… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: Then was the fakir irritated and ashamed, and he said, “O King, this is only the abode of poor holy men, and not Gangar, which is the home of the seven famous giants. Who acts: fakir, this, King. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, par
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 27, sentence 23

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Then was the fakir irritated and ashamed, and he said, “O King, this is only the abode of poor holy men, and not Gangar, which is the home of the seven famous giants.

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**Who acts:** fakir, this, King · **What happens:** be, irritate, say · **To what, where:** fakir, abode, home · **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 (fakir, this, King), 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:pg65965:27:24
# text = Then was the fakir irritated and ashamed, and he said, “O King, this is only the abode of poor holy men, and not Gangar, which is the home of the seven famous giants.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fakir	fakir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	irritated	irritate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	O	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	15	case	_	_
15	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	only	only	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	abode	abode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
24	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	29	advmod	_	_
29	Gangar	Gangar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	_
32	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
37	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	39	nummod	_	_
38	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | the fakir |  |  |  | then |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **irritate** | participle |  | the fakir *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | FAKIR |  |  |  |  | King and Gangar and the home *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | the abode |  |  |  | of poor holy men | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | King and Gangar and the home | the home |  |  |  | of the seven famous giants | tree rules |

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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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