--- title: Then one of them said, “We have been told of your power, but to know… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Then one of them said, “We have been told of your power, but to know whether or not you are worthy to fight with us, let us see you pierce seven plates of iron with your arrow.” Who acts: one, you, us. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Openin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/27/36/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/27/) / 36 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 27, sentence 36 Then one of them said, “We have been told of your power, but to know whether or not you are worthy to fight with us, let us see you pierce seven plates of iron with your arrow.” **Who acts:** one, you, us · **What happens:** say, tell, know, be, fight, let · **To what, where:** We, us, seven plates · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (one, you, us), 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:pg65965:27:37 # text = Then one of them said, “We have been told of your power, but to know whether or not you are worthy to fight with us, let us see you pierce seven plates of iron with your arrow.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 19 whether whether SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 24 mark _ _ 20 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 fixed _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 31 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 pierce pierce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 35 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 plates plate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one of GIANTS | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | We | | | | of your power | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | worthy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fight** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | with us | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with we=Co-Agent | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **pierce** *in a quote* | present | you | seven plates of iron with your arrow | | | | | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/27/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/27/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/27/)