--- title: I am not ignorant of any one of thy thoughts; and if thou hadst know… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: I am not ignorant of any one of thy thoughts; and if thou hadst known the value of this candlestick, thou would never have brought it to me: I will make thee sensible of its true use.” Who acts: I, thy, candlestick. 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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, thy, candlestick), 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:pg62868:22:40 # text = I am not ignorant of any one of thy thoughts; and if thou hadst known the value of this candlestick, thou would never have brought it to me: I will make thee sensible of its true use.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 ignorant ignorant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 hadst have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 candlestick candlestick NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 26 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux _ _ 27 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 35 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 obj _ _ 36 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | I | | | | | of any one of thy thoughts; ignorant *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | thou | | | | the value of this candlestick *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **bring** | would · perfect · passive | | thou | me | | | value *obj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination it=Theme | | 4 | **make** | future | I | thee | | | | sensible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Product | | 5 | **think** | | thy | | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **value** | | | this candlestick | | | | | nom value «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **use** | | candlestick | | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/41/) - ↑ back to [Ingratitude Punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/)