--- title: Now it happened that when Balna was married her husband had given he… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Now it happened that when Balna was married her husband had given her a small gold ring on which her name was engraved, and she had put it on her little son’s finger when he was a baby, and later on it was enlarged, so that he was still able to wear it. Who acts: it, wife, Balna. 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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 (it, wife, Balna), 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:pg65965:4:26 # text = Now it happened that when Balna was married her husband had given her a small gold ring on which her name was engraved, and she had put it on her little son’s finger when he was a baby, and later on it was enlarged, so that he was still able to wear it. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 Balna Balna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 engraved engrave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 parataxis _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 47 advmod _ _ 44 on on SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 enlarged enlarge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 still still ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | now | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **marry** | past · passive | | Balna | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | wife's husband | | | | wife *obj*; a small gold ring *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **engrave** | past · passive | | wife's name | | a small gold ring | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme on which=Destination | | 5 | **put** | past · perfect | wife | name | | wife's little son's finger | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on finger=Destination | | 6 | **is a** | past | Balna | a baby | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **enlarge** | past · passive | | name | | | | late *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **is** | past | Balna | | | | still | able *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **wear** | to-infinitive | Balna *not said here* | name | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 10 | **name** | | wife | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/27/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/)