--- title: And even as she was looking at it, the old man was summoned to the d… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: And even as she was looking at it, the old man was summoned to the door by the twelve jewelers who had designed and made the beautiful thing, but who had not been paid for their work. Who acts: Princess, twelve jewelers, jewelers. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/36/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/) / 36 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 5, sentence 36 And even as she was looking at it, the old man was summoned to the door by the twelve jewelers who had designed and made the beautiful thing, but who had not been paid for their work. **Who acts:** Princess, twelve jewelers, jewelers · **What happens:** look, summon, design, make, not pay, work · **To what, where:** old man, twelve jewelers, beautiful thing 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 (Princess, twelve jewelers, jewelers), 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:pg65965:5:36 # text = And even as she was looking at it, the old man was summoned to the door by the twelve jewelers who had designed and made the beautiful thing, but who had not been paid for their work. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 summoned summon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 jewelers jeweler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 designed design VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past · progressive | Princess | | | | | at box | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 2 | **summon** | past · passive | the twelve jewelers | the old man | | | | to the door | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 3 | **design** | past · perfect · passive | | the twelve jewelers | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 4 | **make** | past | the twelve jewelers *not said here* | the beautiful thing | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product | | 5 | **not** **pay** | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | for jewelers's work; who *nsubj:pass* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for work=Theme | | 6 | **work** | | jewelers *= jeweler* | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/)