--- title: Through my life it shall be my settled resolution, that I will never… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Through my life it shall be my settled resolution, that I will never depend upon the smile of princes; that I will never stand exposed to the artifices of courts: I will never pant for public honours, nor disturb my quiet with affairs of state. Who acts: life, I. 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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 (life, I), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62868:10:20 # text = Through my life it shall be my settled resolution, that I will never depend upon the smile of princes; that I will never stand exposed to the artifices of courts: I will never pant for public honours, nor disturb my quiet with affairs of state. 1 Through through ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 settled settle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 resolution resolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 depend depend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 27 exposed expose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 artifices artifice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 courts court NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 pant pant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 honours honour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 43 cc _ _ 43 disturb disturb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **settle** | participle | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | shall | life | my settled resolution | | my life | | my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **depend** | future | I | | | | | upon the smile of princes | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **stand** | future | I | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **expose** | participle | I *not said here* | | the artifices of courts | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to artifice=Recipient | | 6 | **not** **pant** | future | I | | | | | for public honours | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for honour=Recipient | | 7 | **disturb** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | with affairs of state; quiet *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **smile** | | | princes | | | | | nom smile «communication transitive»: of=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:** «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Project Gutenberg book 62868 (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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/10/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/10/21/) - ↑ back to [Omar’s Plan of Life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/10/)