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Who acts: soft bright light, Heaven, b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/97/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/) / 97 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 4, sentence 97 While working at his task one day in a small grove of the slender trees that he had discovered, he was surprised by a soft, bright light which suddenly flooded the spot in which he was, and he was astonished to see that all this brilliance came from one bamboo. **Who acts:** soft bright light, Heaven, brilliance · **What happens:** work, discover, surprise, flood, be, see · **To what, where:** slender trees, Heaven, spot, one bamboo 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 (soft bright light, Heaven, brilliance), 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:pg65965:4:98 # text = While working at his task one day in a small grove of the slender trees that he had discovered, he was surprised by a soft, bright light which suddenly flooded the spot in which he was, and he was astonished to see that all this brilliance came from one bamboo. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 grove grove NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 slender slender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 surprised surprise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 26 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 flooded flood VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 brilliance brilliance NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nummod _ _ 53 bamboo bamboo NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | gerund | a soft bright light *not said here* | | | | day | in a small grove of the slender trees; at Heaven's task | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at task=Theme | | 2 | **discover** | past · perfect | Heaven | the slender trees *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Topic | | 3 | **surprise** | past · passive | a soft bright light | Heaven | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **flood** | past | a soft bright light | the spot | | | | suddenly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent spot=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | Heaven | | | | | astonished *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | Heaven *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **come** | past | all brilliance | | | one bamboo | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bamboo=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **task** | | Heaven | | | | | | nom task «act 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/98/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/)