--- title: Then he thought of that powerful Chinese King, Shiko, who built the… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Then he thought of that powerful Chinese King, Shiko, who built the great wall of China and many wonderful palaces, but who, in spite of his greatness and the luxury in which he lived, was never happy because he knew that some time he must die and give it all up. 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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 (plenty, powerful Chinese King), 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:pg65965:8:46 # text = Then he thought of that powerful Chinese King, Shiko, who built the great wall of China and many wonderful palaces, but who, in spite of his greatness and the luxury in which he lived, was never happy because he knew that some time he must die and give it all up. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 6 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Shiko Shiko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 palaces palace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 greatness greatness NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 luxury luxury NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 43 because because SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 47 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 48 det _ _ 48 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl:unmarked _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 56 up up ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | plenty | | | | then | of powerful Chinese King that and Shiko | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **build** | past | powerful Chinese King that and Shiko | the great wall of China and many wonderful palaces | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Product | | 3 | **live** | past | plenty | | | the luxury | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | | | | | | who in spite of plenty's greatness and the luxury *nsubj*; happy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | past | plenty | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **die** | must | plenty | | | | time | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **give up** | infinitive | plenty *not said here* | spite | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source | | 8 | **spite** | | | plenty's greatness and the luxury | | | | | nom spite «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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/8/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/8/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/8/)