--- title: She replied that there was only one thing that would cure her, and t… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: She replied that there was only one thing that would cure her, and that was to boil a fine pomelo tree, root and branch, that grew on his dead wife’s grave, and to put some of the water in which it had been boiled on her forehead. Who acts: Balna, one thing, that. 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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, one thing, that), 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:pg65965:3:64 # text = She replied that there was only one thing that would cure her, and that was to boil a fine pomelo tree, root and branch, that grew on his dead wife’s grave, and to put some of the water in which it had been boiled on her forehead. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 boil boil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 pomelo pomelo NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 40 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obl _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Balna | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | past | one thing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **cure** | would | one thing | Balna | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Source | | 4 | **is** | past | that | | | | | a fine pomelo tree and root and branch *obj*; boil *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **grow** | past | that | | | thing's dead wife's grave | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grave=Location | | 6 | **put** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | some of the water | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent some=Goal | | 7 | **boil** | past · perfect · passive | | tree | | | | on Balna's forehead; in the water | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in which=Instrument | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/)