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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 3, sentence 34

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One of the reasons that the daughters always prepared the food for their father was that there should be no danger of his being poisoned by his enemies, so when he found the mud mixed with his dinner he thought it was because they were careless; he knew they would not do such a thing on purpose.

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**Who acts:** daughters, father, One, Rajah, mud · **What happens:** prepare, be, poison, find, mix, think · **To what, where:** reasons, mud, thing, purpose · **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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughters, father, One, Rajah), 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:pg65965:3:35
# text = One of the reasons that the daughters always prepared the food for their father was that there should be no danger of his being poisoned by his enemies, so when he found the mud mixed with his dinner he thought it was because they were careless; he knew they would not do such a thing on purpose.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	33	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	19	expl	_	_
18	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	cop	_	_
20	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	21	det	_	_
21	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
24	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	28	cop	_	_
25	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	amod	_	_
26	by	by	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	so	so	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
31	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	33	advmod	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
36	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	acl	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	parataxis	_	_
42	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
43	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	cop	_	_
44	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
45	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
46	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	cop	_	_
47	careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	50	punct	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	parataxis	_	_
51	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
52	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
53	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	54	advmod	_	_
54	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	ccomp	_	_
55	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	57	det:predet	_	_
56	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	_
58	on	on	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	33	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepare** | past | the daughters | the reasons |  |  |  | the food *obj*; always *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent that=Beneficiary food=Product |
| 2 | **is** | past | daughters's father |  |  |  |  | for no danger | tree rules |
| 3 | **poison** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of Rajah's poisoned enemies; Rajah *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 5 | **find** | past | One of the reasons | the mud |  |  |  | Rajah *nsubj* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mud=Topic |
| 6 | **mix** | participle |  | the mud *not said here* |  |  |  | with Rajah's dinner | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with dinner=Co-Patient |
| 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Rajah |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **is** | past | mud |  |  |  |  | daughters *= daughter* *nsubj*; careless *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **know** | past | Rajah |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 10 | **not** **do** | would | daughters *= daughter* | such thing |  | purpose |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |

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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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