--- title: Then will I, to imprint in her a thorough veneration for my person,… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Then will I, to imprint in her a thorough veneration for my person, draw up my legs and spurn her from me with my foot, in such a manner that she shall fall down several paces from the sofa.” Who acts: I, daughter. 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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, daughter), 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:pg62868:16:32 # text = Then will I, to imprint in her a thorough veneration for my person, draw up my legs and spurn her from me with my foot, in such a manner that she shall fall down several paces from the sofa.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 imprint imprint VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 thorough thorough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 veneration veneration NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 spurn spurn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 32 det:predet _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 37 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 paces pace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imprint** | future | I | a thorough veneration | | | then | in daughter; for my person | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent veneration=Theme in she=Destination | | 2 | **draw up** | infinitive | I *not said here* | my legs | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme | | 3 | **spurn** | infinitive | I *not said here* | daughter | | such manner | | from me; with my foot | tree rules | | 4 | **fall down** | shall | daughter | several paces | | the sofa | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient pace=Extent from sofa=Initial\_State | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/33/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Alnaschar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/)