The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 20, sentence 40

It was just as the wise men had said—neither sun nor moon was aware that the roads damaged by the breaking of the pillar had been repaired, but when they were assured by Haki and Oku that these were now perfectly safe for travel they were satisfied, and so the Lords of Light again took up their daily and nightly duties.

Who acts: sun, Haki, these, roads, Lords · What happens: say, be, damage, repair, assure, take up · To what, where: two, roads, travel, daily duties · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sun, Haki, these, roads), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	aux:pass
3	just	just	ADV	_	9 said	advmod
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 said	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 men	det
6	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 men	amod
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 said	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	aux
9	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	—	-	PUNCT	_	16 aware	punct
11	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	12 sun	det
12	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 aware	nsubj
13	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	14 moon	cc
14	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sun	conj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 aware	cop
16	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 said	conj
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	29 repaired	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 roads	det
19	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 repaired	nsubj:pass
20	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 roads	acl
21	by	by	ADP	_	23 breaking	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 breaking	det
23	breaking	breaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 damaged	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 pillar	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 pillar	det
26	pillar	pillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 breaking	nmod
27	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 repaired	aux
28	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	29 repaired	aux:pass
29	repaired	repair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 aware	advcl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 assured	punct
31	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 assured	cc
32	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	35 assured	advmod
33	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 assured	nsubj:pass
34	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 assured	aux:pass
35	assured	assure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 said	conj
36	by	by	ADP	_	37 Haki	case
37	Haki	Haki	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 assured	obl
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 Oku	cc
39	Oku	Oku	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 Haki	conj
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 safe	mark
41	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	45 safe	nsubj
42	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 safe	cop
43	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	45 safe	advmod
44	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	45 safe	advmod
45	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 assured	advcl
46	for	for	ADP	_	47 travel	case
47	travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 safe	obl
48	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 satisfied	nsubj
49	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 satisfied	cop
50	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 travel	acl:relcl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 took	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 took	cc
53	so	so	ADV	_	59 took	advmod
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 Lords	det
55	Lords	Lord	PROPN	Number=Plur	59 took	nsubj
56	of	of	ADP	_	57 Light	case
57	Light	Light	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 Lords	nmod
58	again	again	ADV	_	59 took	advmod
59	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	conj
60	up	up	ADP	_	59 took	compound:prt
61	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 duties	nmod:poss
62	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 duties	amod
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 nightly	cc
64	nightly	nightly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 daily	conj
65	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 took	obj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		two		the wise men nsubj	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	is	past	neither sun nor moon			aware property	tree rules
3	damage	participle		the roads not said here		by the breaking of the pillar	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	repair	past · perfect · passive		the roads			vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
5	assure	past · passive	Haki and Oku	roads = road			vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
6	is	past	these		now	for travel; perfectly, safe property	tree rules
7	is	past	roads = road	travel not said here		satisfied property	tree rules
8	take up	past	the Lords of Light	Haki's daily duties	again		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme

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.

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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 20, sentence 40