--- title: Therefore, as the carpet, the ivory tube, and the artificial apple h… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore, as the carpet, the ivory tube, and the artificial apple have no preference over each other, but on the contrary as each had an equal share in her cure, I cannot grant the princess to any one of you; and the only fruit you have reaped from your travels is the happiness of having equally co --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/) / 18 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 18 Therefore, as the carpet, the ivory tube, and the artificial apple have no preference over each other, but on the contrary as each had an equal share in her cure, I cannot grant the princess to any one of you; and the only fruit you have reaped from your travels is the happiness of having equally contributed to restore her to health. **Who acts:** I, you, only fruit, happiness · **What happens:** have, not grant, reap, travel, be, contribute · **To what, where:** preference, each, equal share, cure, princess, one 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 (I, you, only fruit, happiness), 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:pg65965:12:18 # text = Therefore, as the carpet, the ivory tube, and the artificial apple have no preference over each other, but on the contrary as each had an equal share in her cure, I cannot grant the princess to any one of you; and the only fruit you have reaped from your travels is the happiness of having equally contributed to restore her to health. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 ivory ivory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 tube tube NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 artificial artificial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 15 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 preference preference NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 15 obl _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 28 advmod _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 44 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 reaped reap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 acl:relcl _ _ 55 from from SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 58 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ _ 61 of of SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 62 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 60 acl _ _ 63 equally equally ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 contributed contribute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 xcomp _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 66 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 xcomp _ _ 67 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | | no preference | | each | | as the carpet and the artificial apple; therefore *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent preference=Patient | | 2 | **have** | past | | a equal share | | carpet's cure | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Patient | | 3 | **not** **grant** | can | I | the princess | any one of you | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent princess=Theme to one=Goal | | 4 | **reap** | present · perfect | you | the only fruit *not said here* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme | | 5 | **travel** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | your *nmod:poss* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | present | the only fruit | the happiness | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | gerund | the happiness *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **contribute** | participle | the happiness *not said here* | | | | | equally *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **restore** | to-infinitive | the happiness *not said here* | carpet | health | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to health=Recipient | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/19/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)