--- title: Not only from that country, but from foreign lands did they come, an… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Not only from that country, but from foreign lands did they come, and the house was constantly surrounded by those who hoped to catch even a glimpse of her through the windows, or as she walked in the garden. Who acts: lands, country, Princess. 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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 (lands, country, Princess), 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:pg65965:5:2 # text = Not only from that country, but from foreign lands did they come, and the house was constantly surrounded by those who hoped to catch even a glimpse of her through the windows, or as she walked in the garden. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 19 constantly constantly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 20 obl:agent _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 even even ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 glimpse glimpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ _ 32 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · do-support | lands *= land* | | | foreign lands | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from land=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **surround** | past · passive | that country | the house | | | | constantly *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | | 3 | **hope** | past | | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | a glimpse of Princess | | the windows | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glimpse=Theme | | 5 | **walk** | past | Princess | | | the garden | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Trajectory | | 7 | **glimpse** | | | Princess | | | | | nom glimpse «act 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/)