--- title: The story of the Emperor Shiko made such an impression on Opulo that… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The story of the Emperor Shiko made such an impression on Opulo that he made up his mind to seek the hermits who held the secret of this marvelous water of life, and if possible to become one of them; so he started out on his quest. Who acts: story, hermits. 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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 (story, hermits), 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:pg65965:8:52 # text = The story of the Emperor Shiko made such an impression on Opulo that he made up his mind to seek the hermits who held the secret of this marvelous water of life, and if possible to become one of them; so he started out on his quest. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 Shiko Shiko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 10 det:predet _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 impression impression NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Opulo Opulo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 hermits hermit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 held hold 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 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 29 marvelous marvelous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the story of the Emperor | such impression | | Opulo | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset impression=Product | | 2 | **make up** | past | story | story's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 3 | **seek** | to-infinitive | story *not said here* | the hermits | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hermit=Theme | | 4 | **hold** | past | the hermits | the secret of this marvelous water of life | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme | | 5 | **become** | to-infinitive | the story of the Emperor *not said here* | one of hermits | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient one=Result | | 6 | **start out** | past | story | | | story's quest | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **mind** | | story | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **quest** | | story | | | | | | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/8/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/8/51/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/8/)