--- title: One day, while riding in the forest, he was so overcome by the thoug… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: One day, while riding in the forest, he was so overcome by the thought of his own greatness, that he exclaimed aloud: “There is no man in all this empire more powerful than I am.” Who acts: One day, thought, man. 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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 (One day, thought, man), 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:pg65965:6:26 # text = One day, while riding in the forest, he was so overcome by the thought of his own greatness, that he exclaimed aloud: “There is no man in all this empire more powerful than I am.” 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 riding ride VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 overcome overcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 greatness greatness NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 25 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 36 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 37 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 38 than than SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | gerund | One day *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **overcome** | past · passive | the thought of man's own greatness | man | | | day | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme | | 3 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | man | | | | | aloud *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | powerful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **think** | | | man's own greatness | | | | | nom thought «cognition 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/)