The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 15

It is true, Ahmed, the princess, my niece, is obliged to your artificial apple for her cure; but let me ask you, whether you could have contrived to cure her if you had not known by Ali’s tube the danger she was in, and if Houssain’s carpet had not brought you to her so soon?

Who acts: rarity, me, you, tube, danger · What happens: be, oblige, let, ask, contrive, cure · To what, where: me, you, princess, tube, carpet

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rarity, me, you, tube), 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	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Ahmed	punct
5	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 true	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 princess	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princess	det
8	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Ahmed	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 niece	punct
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 niece	nmod:poss
11	niece	niece	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 princess	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 obliged	punct
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 obliged	aux:pass
14	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 true	parataxis
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 apple	case
16	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 apple	nmod:poss
17	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 apple	amod
18	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 obliged	obl
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 cure	case
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 cure	nmod:poss
21	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 apple	nmod
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 let	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	24 let	cc
24	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
25	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 let	obj
26	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 let	xcomp
27	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	26 ask	iobj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 contrived	punct
29	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	33 contrived	mark
30	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	33 contrived	nsubj
31	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	33 contrived	aux
32	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	33 contrived	aux
33	contrived	contrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	24 let	parataxis
34	to	to	PART	_	35 cure	mark
35	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 contrived	advcl
36	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 cure	obj
37	if	if	SCONJ	_	41 known	mark
38	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	41 known	nsubj:pass
39	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 known	aux
40	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	41 known	advmod
41	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 cure	advcl
42	by	by	ADP	_	45 tube	case
43	Ali	Ali	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 tube	nmod:poss
44	’s	's	PART	_	43 Ali	case
45	tube	tube	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 known	obl
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 danger	det
47	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 in	nsubj
48	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 in	nsubj
49	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 in	cop
50	in	in	ADV	_	45 tube	acl:relcl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 brought	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 brought	cc
53	if	if	SCONJ	_	59 brought	mark
54	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 carpet	nmod:poss
55	’s	's	PART	_	54 Houssain	case
56	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 brought	nsubj:pass
57	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 brought	aux
58	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	59 brought	advmod
59	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 true	parataxis
60	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	59 brought	obj
61	to	to	ADP	_	62 her	case
62	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 brought	obl
63	so	so	ADV	_	64 soon	advmod
64	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	59 brought	advmod
65	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	rarity			Ahmed conj; true property	tree rules
2	oblige	present · passive				to your artificial apple for princess's cure	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»
3	let	infinitive		me			tree rules
4	ask speech: ask	infinitive	me not said here		you		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
5	contrive	could · perfect	you				vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	cure	to-infinitive	you not said here	princess			vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Source
7	not know a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive	Ali's tube	you			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus
8	is	past	the danger	Ali's tube not said here		princess nsubj; in property	tree rules
9	not bring a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		Houssain's carpet	princess	you obj; soon property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme you=Destination

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 12, sentence 15