--- title: She told him how the Magician had kept her shut up in the tower for… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: She told him how the Magician had kept her shut up in the tower for twelve long years because she refused to marry him, and had kept her so closely guarded that there was no hope of release. Who acts: wife, Magician, hope, release. 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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 (wife, Magician, hope, release), 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:pg65965:4:30 # text = She told him how the Magician had kept her shut up in the tower for twelve long years because she refused to marry him, and had kept her so closely guarded that there was no hope of release. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Magician Magician PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 10 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 17 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 19 because because SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 closely closely ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ _ 35 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 release release NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | wife | | Balna | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **keep** | past · perfect | the Magician | wife's shut tower | | | year | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Theme | | 3 | **shut up** | participle | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **refuse** | past | wife | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **marry** | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | Balna | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **keep** | past · perfect | wife *not said here* | wife | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 7 | **guard** | participle | wife *not said here* | | | | | closely *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Beneficiary | | 8 | **be** | past | no hope of release | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **hope** | | release | | | | | | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/)