--- title: He did all he could to persuade them to abide by a declaration of th… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He did all he could to persuade them to abide by a declaration of the princess in favor of one of them; or that all should agree to resign their claims to her hand, that she might marry a stranger. Who acts: He, troubles, all, princess. 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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 (He, troubles, all, princess), 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:pg65965:11:2 # text = He did all he could to persuade them to abide by a declaration of the princess in favor of one of them; or that all should agree to resign their claims to her hand, that she might marry a stranger. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 nmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 abide abide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 declaration declaration NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 favor favor NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 nsubj _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 resign resign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 claims claim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | He | all | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality | | 2 | **persuade** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | troubles *= trouble* | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Patient clause=Result | | 3 | **abide** | to-infinitive | troubles *= trouble* *not said here* | | | | | by a declaration of the princess in favor of one of troubles | tree rules | | 4 | **agree** *speech: agree* | should | all | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **resign** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | all *not said here* | troubles's claims | princess's hand | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent claim=Theme to hand=Recipient | | 6 | **marry** | might | princess | a stranger | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Patient | | 7 | **declare** | | | the princess in favor of one of troubles | | | | | nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **claim** | | troubles *= trouble* | | | | | | nom claim «communication 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:** «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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)