--- title: This friend was very willing to accept the knight’s money, but wishe… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: This friend was very willing to accept the knight’s money, but wished to earn it without putting himself to any more trouble than was necessary, so he waited for quite a while, and then sent him the skin of an ordinary rat, also a message which told him of the hardships he had undergone in order to --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/42/) [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/) / 42 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 5, sentence 42 This friend was very willing to accept the knight’s money, but wished to earn it without putting himself to any more trouble than was necessary, so he waited for quite a while, and then sent him the skin of an ordinary rat, also a message which told him of the hardships he had undergone in order to procure it. **Who acts:** friend, old, message · **What happens:** be, accept, wish, earn, put, wait · **To what, where:** money, friend, old, skin, order · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (friend, old, message), 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:pg65965:5:42 # text = This friend was very willing to accept the knight’s money, but wished to earn it without putting himself to any more trouble than was necessary, so he waited for quite a while, and then sent him the skin of an ordinary rat, also a message which told him of the hardships he had undergone in order to procure it. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 earn earn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 without without SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 23 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 24 advmod _ _ 24 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 than than SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 39 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 also also ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 hardships hardship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 undergone undergo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 ccomp _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 procure procure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 advcl _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this friend | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **accept** | to-infinitive | this friend *not said here* | the knight's money | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 3 | **wish** | past | this friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **earn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | this friend *not said here* | friend | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **put** | gerund | this friend *not said here* | old | | | | to any trouble | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent himself=Goal | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | necessary *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **wait** | past | old | | | | while | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **send** | past | this friend *not said here* | the skin of a ordinary rat and a message | old | | then | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination skin=Theme | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a message | | old | | | of the hardships | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **undergo** | past · perfect | old | | | order | | | tree rules | | 11 | **procure** | to-infinitive | old *not said here* | friend | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/43/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/)