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title: She saw the consequence of her foolishness, and throwing away the pi… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: She saw the consequence of her foolishness, and throwing away the piece of silk, flew on at such a pace that she soon overtook Abibas, whom she struck upon the arm, at the same time saying, “Fool, you shall _not_ marry me.” Who acts: ROSAMOND, you. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from th
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 7, sentence 49

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She saw the consequence of her foolishness, and throwing away the piece of silk, flew on at such a pace that she soon overtook Abibas, whom she struck upon the arm, at the same time saying, “Fool, you shall \_not\_ marry me.”

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**Who acts:** ROSAMOND, you · **What happens:** see, throw away, fly, overtake, strike, say · **To what, where:** consequence, piece, Abibas · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ROSAMOND, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg65965:7:50
# text = She saw the consequence of her foolishness, and throwing away the piece of silk, flew on at such a pace that she soon overtook Abibas, whom she struck upon the arm, at the same time saying, “Fool, you shall _not_ marry me.”
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	foolishness	foolishness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	22	det:predet	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	pace	pace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
24	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	26	advmod	_	_
26	overtook	overtake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
27	Abibas	Abibas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	31	obj	_	_
30	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
32	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
36	at	at	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
40	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	31	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	Fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
45	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
46	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
47	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	50	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	50	punct	_	_
50	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
51	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | ROSAMOND | the consequence of ROSAMOND's foolishness |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **throw away** | gerund | ROSAMOND *not said here* | the piece of silk |  |  |  | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |
| 3 | **fly** | past |  |  |  |  |  | on such pace | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pace=Location |
| 4 | **overtake** | past | ROSAMOND | Abibas |  |  |  | soon *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **strike** | past | ROSAMOND | Abibas |  |  |  | upon the arm | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent whom=Instrument |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | ROSAMOND *not said here* |  |  |  | time | Fool *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **not** **marry** *in a quote* | shall | you | Abibas |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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