The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 64
“My princess,” said he, “as I do not remember I ever did, or designed to do, anybody an injury, I cannot believe any one can have a thought of injuring me; but if they have, I shall not forbear doing good whenever I have an opportunity.”
Who acts: princess, one, thought, proofs · What happens: say, not remember, do, design, not believe, have · To what, where: anybody, thought, princess, good, opportunity · 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 (princess, one, thought, proofs), 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 | _ | 6 said | punct |
| 2 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 princess | nmod:poss |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 princess | punct |
| 5 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 princess | punct |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 remember | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 remember | punct |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 remember | mark |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 remember | nsubj |
| 12 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 remember | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 remember | advmod |
| 14 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | conj |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 did | nsubj |
| 16 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 17 did | advmod |
| 17 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 remember | ccomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 designed | punct |
| 19 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 designed | cc |
| 20 | designed | design | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 said | conj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 do | mark |
| 22 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 designed | xcomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 anybody | punct |
| 24 | anybody | anybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 22 do | obj |
| 25 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 injury | det |
| 26 | injury | injury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 do | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 believe | punct |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 believe | nsubj |
| 29 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 believe | aux |
| 30 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 31 believe | advmod |
| 31 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 do | advcl |
| 32 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 33 one | det |
| 33 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 have | nsubj |
| 34 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 have | aux |
| 35 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 believe | ccomp |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 thought | det |
| 37 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 have | obj |
| 38 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 39 injuring | mark |
| 39 | injuring | injure | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 thought | acl |
| 40 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 injuring | obj |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 forbear | punct |
| 42 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 50 forbear | cc |
| 43 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 45 have | mark |
| 44 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 have | nsubj |
| 45 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 forbear | advcl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 have | punct |
| 47 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 50 forbear | nsubj |
| 48 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 forbear | aux |
| 49 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 50 forbear | advmod |
| 50 | forbear | forbear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | ccomp |
| 51 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 50 forbear | xcomp |
| 52 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 doing | obj |
| 53 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 55 have | advmod |
| 54 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 55 have | nsubj |
| 55 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 doing | advcl |
| 56 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 opportunity | det |
| 57 | opportunity | opportunity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 have | obj |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 50 forbear | punct |
| 59 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 50 forbear | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | My princess | Ahmed nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not remember in a quote | present · do-support | My princess = princess | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | do in a quote | past | My princess = princess | ever | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | design in a quote | participle | My princess not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | do in a quote | to-infinitive | My princess not said here | anybody | a injury obj | tree rules | |||
| 6 | not believe in a quote | can | My princess = princess | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | have in a quote | can | any one | a thought | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Patient | ||||
| 8 | injure in a quote | gerund | a thought not said here | My princess = princess | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | have a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | proofs = proof | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | not forbear in a quote | shall | My princess = princess | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | do in a quote | gerund | My princess = princess not said here | good | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | ||||
| 12 | have in a quote | present | My princess = princess | a opportunity | whenever property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient |
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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