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title: It is true, Ahmed, the princess, my niece, is obliged to your artifi… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: It is true, Ahmed, the princess, my niece, is obliged to your artificial apple for her cure; but let me ask you, whether you could have contrived to cure her if you had not known by Ali’s tube the danger she was in, and if Houssain’s carpet had not brought you to her so soon? Who acts: rarity, me, y
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 15

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It is true, Ahmed, the princess, my niece, is obliged to your artificial apple for her cure; but let me ask you, whether you could have contrived to cure her if you had not known by Ali’s tube the danger she was in, and if Houssain’s carpet had not brought you to her so soon?

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**Who acts:** rarity, me, you, tube, danger · **What happens:** be, oblige, let, ask, contrive, cure · **To what, where:** me, you, princess, tube, carpet

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This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rarity, me, you, tube), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg65965:12:15
# text = It is true, Ahmed, the princess, my niece, is obliged to your artificial apple for her cure; but let me ask you, whether you could have contrived to cure her if you had not known by Ali’s tube the danger she was in, and if Houssain’s carpet had not brought you to her so soon?
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	niece	niece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	artificial	artificial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	cure	cure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
25	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	xcomp	_	_
27	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	26	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
29	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
30	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
31	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
32	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	aux	_	_
33	contrived	contrive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	parataxis	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	cure	cure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	advcl	_	_
36	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	obj	_	_
37	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
38	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
40	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	41	advmod	_	_
41	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	advcl	_	_
42	by	by	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	’s	's	PART	POS	_	43	case	_	_
45	tube	tube	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
48	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
49	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	cop	_	_
50	in	in	ADV	RB	_	45	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
53	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
54	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	’s	's	PART	POS	_	54	case	_	_
56	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nsubj:pass	_	_
57	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
58	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	59	advmod	_	_
59	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
60	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	59	obj	_	_
61	to	to	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	obl	_	_
63	so	so	ADV	RB	_	64	advmod	_	_
64	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	59	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | rarity |  |  |  |  | Ahmed *conj*; true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **oblige** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | to your artificial apple for princess's cure | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive |  | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | me *not said here* |  | you |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 5 | **contrive** | could · perfect | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **cure** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | princess |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Source |
| 7 | **not** **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | Ali's tube | you |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |
| 8 | **is** | past | the danger | Ali's tube *not said here* |  |  |  | princess *nsubj*; in *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **not** **bring** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive |  | Houssain's carpet | princess |  |  | you *obj*; soon *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme you=Destination |

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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.

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**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.

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