--- title: I think it would not be amiss if you were to travel separately into… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: I think it would not be amiss if you were to travel separately into different countries, so that you might not meet each other; and I promise my niece in marriage to him who shall bring me the most extraordinary rarity. Who acts: I, wish, 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 (I, wish, 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:pg65965:11:4 # text = I think it would not be amiss if you were to travel separately into different countries, so that you might not meet each other; and I promise my niece in marriage to him who shall bring me the most extraordinary rarity. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 amiss amiss ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 13 separately separately ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 23 mark _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 24 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 23 obj _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 promise promise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 niece niece NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 42 advmod _ _ 42 extraordinary extraordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 rarity rarity NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | would | wish | | | | | amiss *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **travel** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | | different countries | | separately *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into country=Destination | | 4 | **not** **meet** | might | you | each | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | I | | my niece | marriage | | to him *= he* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent niece=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **bring** | shall | | the extraordinary rarity | me | | | who *nsubj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination rarity=Theme | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)