The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 14
But as to the revealing of this mystery, I beg you will not be offended if I remain silent, and that you will be satisfied to know from my own mouth that I am happy and content with my fate.
Who acts: I, you, own mouth, my · What happens: beg, not offend, remain, be, know, reveal · To what, where: you, own mouth, mystery
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, own mouth, my), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 beg | cc |
| 2 | as | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 5 revealing | case |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 2 as | fixed |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 revealing | det |
| 5 | revealing | revealing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 beg | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 mystery | case |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 mystery | det |
| 8 | mystery | mystery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 revealing | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 revealing | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 beg | nsubj |
| 11 | beg | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 offended | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 offended | aux |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 offended | advmod |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 offended | aux:pass |
| 16 | offended | offend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 beg | advcl |
| 17 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 19 remain | mark |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 remain | nsubj |
| 19 | remain | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 offended | ccomp |
| 20 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 remain | xcomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 satisfied | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 satisfied | cc |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 satisfied | mark |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 27 satisfied | nsubj |
| 25 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 satisfied | aux |
| 26 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 27 satisfied | cop |
| 27 | satisfied | satisfied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 beg | conj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 know | mark |
| 29 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 satisfied | csubj |
| 30 | from | from | ADP | _ | 33 mouth | case |
| 31 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 32 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 mouth | amod |
| 33 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 know | obl |
| 34 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 happy | nsubj |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 happy | nsubj |
| 36 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 happy | cop |
| 37 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 mouth | acl:relcl |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 content | cc |
| 39 | content | content | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 happy | conj |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 fate | case |
| 41 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 fate | nmod:poss |
| 42 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 happy | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 beg | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | present | I | as the revealing of this mystery | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not offend | future · passive | you | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | remain a condition, not said to happen | present | I | silent property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | future | you | satisfied property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | know | to-infinitive | my own mouth | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | is | present | my own mouth | with my fate; I nsubj; happy property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | be | my own mouth not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | reveal | this mystery | nom revealing «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | fate | my | nom fate «event 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.
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