--- title: I cannot, therefore, invest thee with authority, because I would not… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: I cannot, therefore, invest thee with authority, because I would not subject my people to oppression; and because I would not be compelled to punish thee for crimes which I first enabled thee to commit. Who acts: I, crimes. 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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, crimes), 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:pg62868:8:13 # text = I cannot, therefore, invest thee with authority, because I would not subject my people to oppression; and because I would not be compelled to punish thee for crimes which I first enabled thee to commit. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 invest invest VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 because because SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 subject subject VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 oppression oppression NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 because because SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 compelled compel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 crimes crime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 37 advmod _ _ 37 enabled enable VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 commit commit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **invest** | can | I | thee | | | | with authority; therefore *property* | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient with authority=Theme | | 2 | **not** **subject** | would | I | my people | | | | to oppression | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **compel** | would · passive | | I | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 4 | **punish** | to-infinitive | | thee | | | | for crimes | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent thou=Patient for crime=Theme | | 5 | **enable** | past | I | crimes | | | | thee *obj*; first *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **commit** | to-infinitive | crimes *not said here* | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/14/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/)