--- title: One of them said: “In this case the Crane’s interests are the same a… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: One of them said: “In this case the Crane’s interests are the same as ours, because, while we furnish the food which keeps him alive there are many of us left, but when the fishermen capture us we shall die. Who acts: One, interests, we, food. 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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 (One, interests, we, food), 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:pg65965:9:2 # text = One of them said: “In this case the Crane’s interests are the same as ours, because, while we furnish the food which keeps him alive there are many of us left, but when the fishermen capture us we shall die. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 In in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Crane Crane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 interests interest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 ours our PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 because because SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 while while SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 furnish furnish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 31 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 32 expl _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 33 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 39 when when SCONJ WRB _ 42 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 fishermen fisherman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 capture capture VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 43 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | One of fishes | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Crane's interests | | | this case | | as ours; same *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **furnish** *in a quote* | present | we | the food | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Recipient | | 4 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | the food | Crane | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Crane *not said here* | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **leave** *in a quote* | past | many of us | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **capture** *in a quote* | present | the fishermen | us | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 8 | **die** *in a quote* | shall | we | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **interest** *in a quote* | | the Crane | | | | | | nom interest «cognition transitive»: 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/)