--- title: Sorrowful as were the old bamboo-cutter and his wife, yet were they… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Sorrowful as were the old bamboo-cutter and his wife, yet were they full of gratitude for having known the love of a daughter, who, while not with them in the body, would always dwell with them in spirit. Who acts: warriors, love. 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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 (warriors, love), 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:pg65965:5:94 # text = Sorrowful as were the old bamboo-cutter and his wife, yet were they full of gratitude for having known the love of a daughter, who, while not with them in the body, would always dwell with them in spirit. 1 Sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 bamboo bamboo NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 cutter cutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 advcl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 21 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 while while SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 40 advmod _ _ 40 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the old bamboo cutter and cutter's wife | | | | cutter's wife *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | warriors *= warrior* | | | | | of gratitude; full *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | gerund | warriors *= warrior* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | participle | warriors *= warrior* *not said here* | the love of a daughter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer love=Stimulus | | 5 | **dwell** | would | the love of a daughter | | | spirit | | with warriors *= warrior*; always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in spirit=Location | | 7 | **love** | | | a daughter | | | | | nom love «feeling 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/95/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/)