The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 31
“These are sufficient proofs,” they said, “that Prince Ahmed does not travel far, so that we should think ourselves wanting in our duty did we not make our humble remonstrances, in order that, for your own preservation and the good of your people, your majesty may take such measures as you shall think advisable.”
Who acts: sufficient proofs, Prince Ahmed, we, majesty, you, your · What happens: be, say, not travel, think, want, not make · To what, where: sufficient proofs, ourselves, duty, humble remonstrances, such measures, advisable · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (sufficient proofs, Prince Ahmed, we, majesty), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 2 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 5 proofs | det |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 proofs | cop |
| 4 | sufficient | sufficient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 proofs | amod |
| 5 | proofs | proof | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 said | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 proofs | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 proofs | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 said | nsubj |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 travel | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 travel | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 Ahmed | nsubj |
| 13 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Ahmed | compound |
| 14 | Ahmed | Ahmed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 travel | nsubj |
| 15 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 travel | aux |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 travel | advmod |
| 17 | travel | travel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 said | ccomp |
| 18 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 17 travel | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 think | punct |
| 20 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 24 think | mark |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 so | fixed |
| 22 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 think | nsubj |
| 23 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 think | aux |
| 24 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 travel | conj |
| 25 | ourselves | ourselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 24 think | obj |
| 26 | wanting | want | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 think | advcl |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 duty | case |
| 28 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 duty | nmod:poss |
| 29 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 wanting | obl |
| 30 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 make | aux |
| 31 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 make | nsubj |
| 32 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 33 make | advmod |
| 33 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | ccomp |
| 34 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 remonstrances | nmod:poss |
| 35 | humble | humble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 remonstrances | amod |
| 36 | remonstrances | remonstrance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 make | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 order | punct |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 order | case |
| 39 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 remonstrances | conj |
| 40 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 make | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 preservation | punct |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 45 preservation | case |
| 43 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 preservation | nmod:poss |
| 44 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 preservation | amod |
| 45 | preservation | preservation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 make | obl |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 good | cc |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 good | det |
| 48 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 preservation | conj |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 people | case |
| 50 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 people | nmod:poss |
| 51 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 good | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 take | punct |
| 53 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 majesty | nmod:poss |
| 54 | majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 take | nsubj |
| 55 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 56 take | aux |
| 56 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 preservation | parataxis |
| 57 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 measures | amod |
| 58 | measures | measure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 take | obj |
| 59 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 62 think | mark |
| 60 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 62 think | nsubj |
| 61 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 62 think | aux |
| 62 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 56 take | advcl |
| 63 | advisable | advisable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 think | obj |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 65 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | this sufficient proofs | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | this sufficient proofs | proofs = proof nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not travel in a quote | present · do-support | Prince Ahmed that | far property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | think speech: other in a quote | should | we | ourselves | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ourselves=Theme | ||||
| 5 | want in a quote | gerund | we not said here | our duty | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 6 | not make in a quote | past · do-support | we | our humble remonstrances and order | for your own preservation; that obj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent remonstrance=Beneficiary that=Product for preservation=Asset | |||
| 7 | take in a quote | may | your majesty | such measures | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme | ||||
| 8 | think speech: other in a quote | shall | you | advisable | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot advisable=Theme | ||||
| 9 | preserve in a quote | your | nom preservation «act 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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