--- title: “Sir,” replied the crier, giving it into his hand, “if you look at t… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “Sir,” replied the crier, giving it into his hand, “if you look at the mere outside of this apple, it is not very remarkable; but if you consider its properties, you will say it is invaluable, and that he who possesses it is master of a great treasure. Who acts: crier, you, apple. 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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, you, apple), 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:pg65965:11:43 # text = “Sir,” replied the crier, giving it into his hand, “if you look at the mere outside of this apple, it is not very remarkable; but if you consider its properties, you will say it is invaluable, and that he who possesses it is master of a great treasure. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 mere mere NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 outside outside ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 remarkable remarkable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 consider consider VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 37 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 properties property NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 invaluable invaluable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 possesses possess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 54 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the crier | Sir | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | gerund | the crier *not said here* | apple | | crier's hand | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | outside this apple; at the mere | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at mere=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | apple | | | | | remarkable *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **consider** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | apple's properties | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent property=Attribute | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | apple | | | | | invaluable *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **possess** *in a quote* | present | crier | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | apple | master | | | | of a great treasure | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)