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title: To hold this branch he had his goldsmiths make a beautiful box, and… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: To hold this branch he had his goldsmiths make a beautiful box, and when sufficient time had elapsed he took it to the bamboo-cutter, asking him to tell the Princess that here was the branch of the wonderful jewel-tree that grew on the topmost height of Mount Horai. Who acts: branch, goldsmiths, Pri
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 5, sentence 34

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To hold this branch he had his goldsmiths make a beautiful box, and when sufficient time had elapsed he took it to the bamboo-cutter, asking him to tell the Princess that here was the branch of the wonderful jewel-tree that grew on the topmost height of Mount Horai.

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**Who acts:** branch, goldsmiths, Princess, wonderful jewel tree · **What happens:** hold, have, make, elapse, take, ask · **To what, where:** branch, beautiful box, box, bamboo cutter, Princess, topmost height · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (branch, goldsmiths, Princess, wonderful jewel tree), 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:pg65965:5:34
# text = To hold this branch he had his goldsmiths make a beautiful box, and when sufficient time had elapsed he took it to the bamboo-cutter, asking him to tell the Princess that here was the branch of the wonderful jewel-tree that grew on the topmost height of Mount Horai.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	goldsmiths	goldsmith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
16	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	elapsed	elapse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
25	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	cutter	cutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
29	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	_
30	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obj	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	xcomp	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj	_	_
36	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	39	advmod	_	_
37	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	acl:relcl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
42	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
43	jewel	jewel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
46	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj	_	_
47	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	acl:relcl	_	_
48	on	on	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	topmost	topmost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	Mount	Mount	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
54	Horai	Horai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | to-infinitive | branch *not said here* | this branch |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | branch |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | present | branch's goldsmiths | a beautiful box |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Product |
| 4 | **elapse** | past · perfect | branch *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **take** | past | branch | box |  | the bamboo cutter |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to cutter=Destination |
| 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | branch *not said here* |  | branch |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | branch *not said here* |  | the Princess |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient |
| 8 | **is a** | past | the Princess | the branch |  | here |  | of the wonderful jewel tree | tree rules |
| 9 | **grow** | past | the wonderful jewel tree |  |  | the topmost height of Mount |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on height=Location |

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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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