--- title: "No, not that, O king!" said Dam-o-cles; "but I think, that, if I co… — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · tree and pragmatics description: "No, not that, O king!" said Dam-o-cles; "but I think, that, if I could only have your riches and your pleas-ures for one day, I should not want any greater hap-pi-ness." Who acts: king, greater hap. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, greater hap), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg18442:33:9 # text = "No, not that, O king!" said Dam-o-cles; "but I think, that, if I could only have your riches and your pleas-ures for one day, I should not want any greater hap-pi-ness." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 O o INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Dam Dam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 cles cle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 pleas plea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ures ure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 45 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 51 det _ _ 46 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 amod _ _ 47 hap hap NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 pi pi NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ness ness NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | that | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | king | that | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | could | king | your riches and your pleas and ures for one day | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rich=Patient | | 4 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | should | king | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **ness** *in a quote* | | greater hap | | | | | | tree 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:** «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 18442 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/33/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/33/10/) - ↑ back to [The Sword of Damocles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/33/)