--- title: Her women will represent to me that she is inconsolable by reason of… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Her women will represent to me that she is inconsolable by reason of my unkindness, and beg me, with tears, to caress her, and let her sit down by me; but I shall still remain inexorable, and will turn my back upon her all the first night. Who acts: women, princess, 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 (women, princess, 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:pg62868:16:29 # text = Her women will represent to me that she is inconsolable by reason of my unkindness, and beg me, with tears, to caress her, and let her sit down by me; but I shall still remain inexorable, and will turn my back upon her all the first night. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 represent represent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 inconsolable inconsolable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 unkindness unkindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 caress caress VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 down down ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 still still ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 41 inexorable inexorable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 upon upon ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 50 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 53 amod _ _ 53 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **represent** | future | princess's women | | me | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to i=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | present | princess | | | | | by reason of my unkindness; inconsolable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | infinitive | princess's women *not said here* | | me | | | with tears | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 4 | **caress** | to-infinitive | princess's women *not said here* | princess | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Experiencer | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | princess's women *not said here* | princess | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **sit down** | infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | by me | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by i=Location | | 7 | **remain** | shall | I | | | | still | inexorable *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **turn** | future | princess's women *not said here* | my back | | | night | upon princess | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme | 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/pg62868/16/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/30/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Alnaschar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/)