--- title: “If one may believe you,” replied Prince Ahmed, “the virtues of this… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “If one may believe you,” replied Prince Ahmed, “the virtues of this apple are wonderful, and it is indeed invaluable; but how am I to know that there is no error in the high praises you bestow on it?” Who acts: one, Prince Ahmed, virtues, 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 (one, Prince Ahmed, virtues, 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:pg65965:11:45 # text = “If one may believe you,” replied Prince Ahmed, “the virtues of this apple are wonderful, and it is indeed invaluable; but how am I to know that there is no error in the high praises you bestow on it?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 virtues virtue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 invaluable invaluable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 30 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 36 expl _ _ 36 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 praises praise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 bestow bestow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ? ? PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | may | one | you | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 2 | **reply** *speech: ask* | past | Prince Ahmed | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the virtues of this apple | | | | | wonderful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | apple | | | | | indeed, invaluable *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Prince Ahmed *= ahmed* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | present | no error in the high praises | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **bestow** *in a quote* | present | you | the high praises *not said here* | | apple | | | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)