--- title: He said to the crier, “I am very sorry that I have entertained so wr… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He said to the crier, “I am very sorry that I have entertained so wrong an opinion of you, but I hope to make amends by buying the tube, and I will give you the price you ask.” Who acts: crier. 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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 (crier), 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:pg65965:11:37 # text = He said to the crier, “I am very sorry that I have entertained so wrong an opinion of you, but I hope to make amends by buying the tube, and I will give you the price you ask.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 entertained entertain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 amends amend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 29 by by SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 buying buy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 tube tube NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | crier | | the crier | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to crier=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | crier | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **entertain** *in a quote* | present · perfect | crier | a opinion of you | | | | wrong *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus opinion=Experiencer | | 4 | **hope** *in a quote* | present | crier | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **make** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | crier *not said here* | amends | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product | | 6 | **buy** *in a quote* | gerund | crier *not said here* | the tube | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tube=Theme | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | future | crier | the price | the crier *= crier* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient price=Theme | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | the crier *= crier* | the price *not said here* | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent price=Recipient | | 9 | **opine** *in a quote* | | | you | | | | | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/38/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)