--- title: His love for the princess was so sincere and ardent that he could sc… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: His love for the princess was so sincere and ardent that he could scarcely support with patience the mortification of seeing her marry Prince Ali, who, he said, did not deserve her better nor love her more than himself. Who acts: love, Prince, mortification, Ali. 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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 (love, Prince, mortification, Ali), 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:pg65965:12:28 # text = His love for the princess was so sincere and ardent that he could scarcely support with patience the mortification of seeing her marry Prince Ali, who, he said, did not deserve her better nor love her more than himself. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 sincere sincere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 ardent ardent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 support support VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 mortification mortification NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 20 of of SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 24 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:desc _ _ 25 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 deserve deserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 xcomp _ _ 37 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 38 cc _ _ 38 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ _ 41 than than ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Prince's love for the princess | | | | | sincere *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Prince's love for the princess *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **support** | could | Prince | | | | | with patience; scarcely *property* | vn help-72.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent with patience=Theme | | 4 | **see** | gerund | the mortification *not said here* | mortification | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 5 | **marry** | infinitive | the mortification | Ali Prince | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ali=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ali Prince | | | | | Prince *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **deserve** | past · do-support | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **love** | present | | mortification | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 9 | **love** | | Prince | | | | | for the princess | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)