--- title: The task of the fourth knight was to find the dragon whose right eye… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The task of the fourth knight was to find the dragon whose right eye was a many-colored stone, but instead of seeking it himself he called several of his retainers together, and ordered them to search through China and Japan, and not to return unless they brought it with them. 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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 (task, right eye, dragon, knights), 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:pg65965:5:47 # text = The task of the fourth knight was to find the dragon whose right eye was a many-colored stone, but instead of seeking it himself he called several of his retainers together, and ordered them to search through China and Japan, and not to return unless they brought it with them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 colored color VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 25 mark _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 30 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 retainers retainer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 34 together together ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 41 through through ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 Japan Japan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 return return VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 50 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the task of the fourth knight | | | | | the dragon *obj*; find *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **color** | participle | | | | | | | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | a colored stone's right eye | a colored stone | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **seek** | gerund | dragon *not said here* | eye | | | | dragon *obl* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **call** | past | dragon | | | | | several, together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **order** | past | the task of the fourth knight *not said here* | | knights *= knight* | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **search** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the task of the fourth knight *not said here* | | | China and Japan | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through china=Location | | 8 | **not** **return** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **bring** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | knights *= knight* | eye | | | | with tasks *= task* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 10 | **task** | | | the fourth knight | | | | | nom task «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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/)