--- title: “But the last book I read,” said the Emperor, “was sent to me by the… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “But the last book I read,” said the Emperor, “was sent to me by the great ruler of Japan, so that it must be true, and I insist upon your bringing the Nightingale here this evening; if you do not, every one in this palace shall be trampled under foot.” Who acts: Emperor, much, your, you. 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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 (Emperor, much, your, you), 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:pg65965:1:132 # text = “But the last book I read,” said the Emperor, “was sent to me by the great ruler of Japan, so that it must be true, and I insist upon your bringing the Nightingale here this evening; if you do not, every one in this palace shall be trampled under foot.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 read read VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Japan Japan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 insist insist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 36 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 advcl _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 50 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 51 det _ _ 51 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 54 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 trampled trample VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 58 under under ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ” " PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** *in a quote* | present | the Emperor *= emperor* | the last book *not said here* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Emperor | | | | | the last book *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **send** *in a quote* | past · passive | | | the Emperor *= emperor* | | | by the great ruler of Japan | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to i=Destination | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | must | much | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **insist** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | the Emperor *= emperor* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | gerund | your | | the Nightingale | here | evening | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument nightingale=Destination | | 7 | **not** **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **trample** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | every one in this palace | | foot | | | tree rules | 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:** «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/125/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/)