--- title: So, very carefully he took the exquisite little creature home to his… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: So, very carefully he took the exquisite little creature home to his wife, and both of them were filled with joy because there was now a child, come to them in a most marvelous manner, upon whom they could devote the love of their old age. Who acts: Heaven, child, children. 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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 (Heaven, child, children), 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:pg65965:4:101 # text = So, very carefully he took the exquisite little creature home to his wife, and both of them were filled with joy because there was now a child, come to them in a most marvelous manner, upon whom they could devote the love of their old age. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 exquisite exquisite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 21 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 because because SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 26 expl _ _ 26 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 37 advmod _ _ 37 marvelous marvelous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 devote devote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Heaven | the exquisite little creature | Heaven's wife | | | carefully, home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent creature=Theme to wife=Destination | | 2 | **fill** | past · passive | | both of children | | | | with joy | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with joy=Instrument | | 3 | **be** | past | a child | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | infinitive | | | children *= child* | a marvelous manner | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **devote** | could | children *= child* | the love of children's old age | | | | whom *obl* | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent love=Theme | | 6 | **love** | | | children's old age | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/101/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/)