--- title: Let us come to that which is of the greatest importance for us to kn… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Let us come to that which is of the greatest importance for us to know, and not conceal from each other the curiosities we have brought, but show them, that we may ourselves judge to which of us the sultan our father may give the preference. Who acts: you, us, that, we. 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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 (you, us, that, we), 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:pg65965:11:55 # text = Let us come to that which is of the greatest importance for us to know, and not conceal from each other the curiosities we have brought, but show them, that we may ourselves judge to which of us the sultan our father may give the preference. 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 importance importance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 conceal conceal VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 19 obl _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 fixed _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 curiosities curiosity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 25 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 show show VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 nsubj _ _ 37 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 parataxis _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 44 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 preference preference NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | that | | | | | to the greatest importance; which *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | to-infinitive | us | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **conceal** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the curiosities | | each | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent curiosity=Patient from each=Beneficiary | | 6 | **bring** | present · perfect | we | the curiosities *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent curiosity=Theme | | 7 | **show** | infinitive | | brothers *= brother* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 8 | **judge** | may | we | | | | | ourselves *nsubj* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **give** | may | the sultan | the preference | | | | which of us *obj*; our father *nsubj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent which=Recipient preference=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)