--- title: He took it as a personal insult that the dead eggs he had let his br… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He took it as a personal insult that the dead eggs he had let his brother have should hatch so well, so one day, when Musai was out, he went to his home, and cut every silkworm in two. Who acts: strange, dead eggs, Musai. 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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 (strange, dead eggs, Musai), 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:pg65965:6:87 # text = He took it as a personal insult that the dead eggs he had let his brother have should hatch so well, so one day, when Musai was out, he went to his home, and cut every silkworm in two. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 personal personal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 insult insult NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 xcomp _ _ 18 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 hatch hatch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 Musai Musai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 silkworm silkworm NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | strange | fortune | | | | as a personal insult | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme as insult=Attribute | | 2 | **let** | past · perfect · passive | | the dead eggs | | | | strange *nsubj:pass*; strange's brother *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | the dead eggs *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hatch** | should | | | | | | well *property* | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | Musai | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | past | Musai | | | strange's home | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to home=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **cut** | participle | | every silkworm | | two | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset silkworm=Product | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/)