--- title: One day, not long after this, as Balna was rocking her baby’s cradle… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: One day, not long after this, as Balna was rocking her baby’s cradle, and whilst her sisters were working in the room below, there came to the palace door a man in a long black cloak, who said he was a Fakir, and had come to beg. Who acts: Balna, sisters, man, husband. 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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 (Balna, sisters, man, husband), 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:pg65965:3:102 # text = One day, not long after this, as Balna was rocking her baby’s cradle, and whilst her sisters were working in the room below, there came to the palace door a man in a long black cloak, who said he was a Fakir, and had come to beg. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 Balna Balna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 rocking rock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 below below ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Fakir fakir NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rock** | past · progressive | Balna | Balna's baby's cradle | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cradle=Theme | | 2 | **work** | past · progressive | Balna's sisters | | | | | in the room; below *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in room=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | | a man in a long black cloak | | the palace door; there | | long *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a man in a long black cloak | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | husband | a Fakir | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | past · perfect | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/102/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/)