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title: “Far, far away, thousands of miles from here, is a desolate country… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: “Far, far away, thousands of miles from here, is a desolate country covered with heavy jungles, in the midst of which grows a circle of palm trees, in the center of which stand six jugs full of water, piled one above the other, and below the sixth is a cage which contains a little green parrot. Who 
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 4, sentence 44

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“Far, far away, thousands of miles from here, is a desolate country covered with heavy jungles, in the midst of which grows a circle of palm trees, in the center of which stand six jugs full of water, piled one above the other, and below the sixth is a cage which contains a little green parrot.

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**Who acts:** midst, center, six jugs, cage · **What happens:** be, cover, grow, stand, pile, contain · **To what, where:** country, circle, six jugs, one, other, cage

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This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (midst, center, six jugs, cage), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg65965:4:44
# text = “Far, far away, thousands of miles from here, is a desolate country covered with heavy jungles, in the midst of which grows a circle of palm trees, in the center of which stand six jugs full of water, piled one above the other, and below the sixth is a cage which contains a little green parrot.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	desolate	desolate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	jungles	jungle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	parataxis	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
27	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	acl:relcl	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	center	center	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	parataxis	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj	_	_
39	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	acl:relcl	_	_
40	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	41	nummod	_	_
41	jugs	jug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obj	_	_
42	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	piled	pile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	acl:relcl	_	_
47	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	46	obj	_	_
48	above	above	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
53	below	below	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	sixth	sixth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	_
56	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	cop	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
59	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	60	nsubj	_	_
60	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	acl:relcl	_	_
61	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
62	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
63	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
64	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  | here |  | country *obj*; the midst *parataxis*; away, desolate *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** *in a quote* | participle |  | country *not said here* |  |  |  | with heavy jungles | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with jungle=Theme |
| 3 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | the midst | a circle of palm trees |  |  |  | the center *parataxis* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location circle=Theme |
| 4 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | the center | six jugs |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jug=Stimulus |
| 5 | **pile** *in a quote* | past | six jugs *not said here* | one |  | the other |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent one=Theme above other=Destination |
| 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | a cage |  | the sixth |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **contain** *in a quote* | present | a cage | a little green parrot |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot parrot=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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