--- title: This great ruler had heard that in a country called Horazai, far awa… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: This great ruler had heard that in a country called Horazai, far away across the seas, there lived certain hermits who possessed the secret of the “Draught of Life,” and that whoever should drink of this wonderful elixir would never die. Who acts: great ruler, certain hermits, whoever. 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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 (great ruler, certain hermits, whoever), 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:pg65965:8:47 # text = This great ruler had heard that in a country called Horazai, far away across the seas, there lived certain hermits who possessed the secret of the “Draught of Life,” and that whoever should drink of this wonderful elixir would never die. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 10 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 Horazai Horazai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 15 across across ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 19 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 20 expl _ _ 20 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 21 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 hermits hermit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj:outer _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Life Life PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 42 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 elixir elixir NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | this great ruler | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **call** | participle | | a country *not said here* | | | | Horazai *xcomp*; away *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **live** | past | this great ruler *not said here* | | | a country; there | | | tree rules | | 4 | **possess** | past | certain hermits | the secret of the Draught of Life | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot secret=Theme | | 5 | **drink** | should | whoever | | | | | of this wonderful elixir | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of elixir=Source | | 6 | **not** **die** | would | certain hermits | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/8/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/8/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/8/)