--- title: I am ashamed, when I compare my malice, to remember your humanity; b… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: I am ashamed, when I compare my malice, to remember your humanity; but if the gods should please to call me to a repossession of my rank and happiness, I would divide all with you, in atonement for my justly punished arrogance.” Who acts: I, gods. 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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 (I, gods), 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:pg62868:11:29 # text = I am ashamed, when I compare my malice, to remember your humanity; but if the gods should please to call me to a repossession of my rank and happiness, I would divide all with you, in atonement for my justly punished arrogance.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 compare compare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 malice malice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 humanity humanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 repossession repossession NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 37 all all ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 45 justly justly ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 amod _ _ 47 arrogance arrogance NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **compare** | present | I | my malice | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent malice=Patient | | 3 | **remember** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | your humanity | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent humanity=Theme | | 4 | **please** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | the gods | | | atonement for my punished arrogance | | | tree rules | | 5 | **call** | to-infinitive | the gods *not said here* | me | a repossession of my rank and happiness | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Topic to repossession=Recipient | | 6 | **divide** | would | I | | | | | with you; all *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with you=Instrument | | 7 | **punish** | participle | | | | | | justly *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **repossess** | | | my rank and happiness | | | | | nom repossession «act 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/30/) - ↑ back to [The Basket Maker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/)