--- title: This happened so often that it puzzled him, and so he made up his mi… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: This happened so often that it puzzled him, and so he made up his mind one day to hide, and watch his daughters cooking; so, going into the room next to the kitchen, he saw everything through a hole in the wall. Who acts: This, heart, One, daughters. 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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 (This, heart, One, daughters), 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:pg65965:3:37 # text = This happened so often that it puzzled him, and so he made up his mind one day to hide, and watch his daughters cooking; so, going into the room next to the kitchen, he saw everything through a hole in the wall. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 often often ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 puzzled puzzle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 cooking cook VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 next next ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 41 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 40 obj _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | This | | | | | often *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **puzzle** | past | heart | One | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 3 | **make up** | past | One | One's mind | | | day | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 4 | **hide** | to-infinitive | One *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **watch** | infinitive | One *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cook** | gerund | One's daughters | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **go** | gerund | This *not said here* | | | the room | | to the kitchen; next *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into room=Initial\_Location to kitchen=Destination | | 8 | **see** | past | One | everything | | a hole in the wall | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | | 9 | **mind** | | One | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/)