--- title: Now, Chô hated to lend anyone anything, but he didn’t see how he cou… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Now, Chô hated to lend anyone anything, but he didn’t see how he could very well refuse his brother’s request, so he picked out some musty rice-seed and dead eggs, and gave them to him, feeling sure that they were worthless. Who acts: Chô, seed, brother. 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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 (Chô, seed, brother), 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:pg65965:6:83 # text = Now, Chô hated to lend anyone anything, but he didn’t see how he could very well refuse his brother’s request, so he picked out some musty rice-seed and dead eggs, and gave them to him, feeling sure that they were worthless. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Chô Chô PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 lend lend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 compound _ _ 8 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 15 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 20 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 31 musty musty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 32 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 46 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 worthless worthless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | past | Chô | | | | now | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **lend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Chô *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | | 3 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | Chô | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **refuse** | could | Chô | Chô's brother's request | | | | well *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Theme | | 5 | **pick out** | past | Chô | some musty rice seed and dead eggs | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient | | 6 | **give** | past | | | seed | | | to Chô | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to he=Recipient | | 7 | **feel** | gerund | | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **is** | past | seed | | | | | worthless *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **request** | | Chô's brother | | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/)