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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 49

After a long silence he said, “I beg of your majesty to be assured that there is nothing I would not undertake to procure which may contribute to the prolonging of your life, but I wish it might not be by the means of my wife.

Who acts: Ahmed, nothing, life · What happens: say, beg, assure, be, not undertake, procure · To what, where: prolonging · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ahmed, nothing, life), 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

casedetamodoblnsubjpunctpunctnsubjccompcasenmod:possoblmarkaux:passadvclmarkexplccompnsubjnsubjauxadvmodacl:relclmarkxcompnsubjauxccompcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctccnsubjccompnsubjauxadvmodcopmarknsubjccompcasenmod:possoblpunctrootAfterADPaDETlongADJsilenceNOUNhePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTIPRONbegVERBofADPyourPRONmajestyNOUNtoPARTbeAUXassuredVERBthatSCONJtherePRONisVERBnothingPRONIPRONwouldAUXnotPARTundertakeVERBtoPARTprocureVERBwhichPRONmayAUXcontributeVERBtoADPtheDETprolongingNOUNofADPyourPRONlifeNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJIPRONwishVERBitPRONmightAUXnotPARTbeAUXbySCONJtheDETmeansVERBofADPmyPRONwifeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AfterafterADP_4 silencecase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 silencedet
3longlongADJDegree=Pos4 silenceamod
4silencesilenceNOUNNumber=Sing6 saidobl
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 saidnsubj
6saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7,,PUNCT_10 begpunct
8“"PUNCT_10 begpunct
9IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs10 begnsubj
10begbegVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 saidccomp
11ofofADP_13 majestycase
12youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 majestynmod:poss
13majestymajestyNOUNNumber=Sing10 begobl
14totoPART_16 assuredmark
15bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf16 assuredaux:pass
16assuredassureVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass10 begadvcl
17thatthatSCONJ_19 ismark
18theretherePRONPronType=Dem19 isexpl
19isbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 assuredccomp
20nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg19 isnsubj
21IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs24 undertakensubj
22wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin24 undertakeaux
23notnotPARTPolarity=Neg24 undertakeadvmod
24undertakeundertakeVERBVerbForm=Inf20 nothingacl:relcl
25totoPART_26 procuremark
26procureprocureVERBVerbForm=Inf24 undertakexcomp
27whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel29 contributensubj
28maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin29 contributeaux
29contributecontributeVERBVerbForm=Inf26 procureccomp
30totoADP_32 prolongingcase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 prolongingdet
32prolongingprolongingNOUNNumber=Sing29 contributeobl
33ofofADP_35 lifecase
34youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 lifenmod:poss
35lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing32 prolongingnmod
36,,PUNCT_39 wishpunct
37butbutCCONJ_39 wishcc
38IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs39 wishnsubj
39wishwishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 saidccomp
40ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 meansnsubj
41mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin46 meansaux
42notnotPARTPolarity=Neg46 meansadvmod
43bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf46 meanscop
44bybySCONJ_46 meansmark
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 meansnsubj
46meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin39 wishccomp
47ofofADP_49 wifecase
48mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 wifenmod:poss
49wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing46 meansobl
50..PUNCT_6 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastAhmedafter a long silencevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2beg speech: request in a quotepresentAhmedof your majestyvn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent
3assure in a quoteto-infinitive · passiveAhmed not said herevn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: clause=Theme
4be in a quotepresentnothingtherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5not undertake in a quotewouldAhmedvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6procure in a quoteto-infinitiveAhmed not said heretree rules
7contribute in a quotemaythe prolonging of your lifewhich nsubjvn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prolonging=Recipient
8wish in a quotepresentAhmedvn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
9not is in a quotemightlifeof my wife; mean propertytree rules

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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