--- title: But the other sisters rebuked her, and so the widow continued to tak… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: But the other sisters rebuked her, and so the widow continued to take some fire from the hearth, but while no one was looking, she would throw some mud into the dishes which were being prepared for the Rajah’s dinner. Who acts: other sisters, widow, one, woman. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; St --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/33/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/) / 33 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 3, sentence 33 But the other sisters rebuked her, and so the widow continued to take some fire from the hearth, but while no one was looking, she would throw some mud into the dishes which were being prepared for the Rajah’s dinner. **Who acts:** other sisters, widow, one, woman · **What happens:** rebuke, continue, take, look, throw, prepare · **To what, where:** woman, fire, hearth, mud, dishes This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other sisters, widow, one, woman), 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:pg65965:3:34 # text = But the other sisters rebuked her, and so the widow continued to take some fire from the hearth, but while no one was looking, she would throw some mud into the dishes which were being prepared for the Rajah’s dinner. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 rebuked rebuke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 16 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 22 while while SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 24 det _ _ 24 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 31 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 32 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Rajah Rajah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rebuke** | past | the other sisters | woman | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **continue** | past | the widow | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | the widow *not said here* | some fire | | the hearth | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent fire=Theme from hearth=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **look** | past · progressive | no one | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **throw** | would | woman | some mud | | | | into the dishes *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer mud=Theme into dish=Result | | 6 | **prepare** | past · passive | | the dishes | | | | for the Rajah's dinner | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for dinner=Beneficiary | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/)