--- title: There must be come mystery in this; and perhaps fortune, to make ame… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: There must be come mystery in this; and perhaps fortune, to make amends for depriving me of what I thought the greatest happiness of my life, may have reserved a greater blessing for my comfort.” Who acts: fortune, I, my. 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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 (fortune, I, my), 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:pg65965:12:36 # text = There must be come mystery in this; and perhaps fortune, to make amends for depriving me of what I thought the greatest happiness of my life, may have reserved a greater blessing for my comfort.” 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 mystery mystery NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 15 amends amend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 depriving deprive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 obl _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 25 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux _ _ 32 reserved reserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 amod _ _ 35 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | must · passive | | mystery in this | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V» | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | fortune | amends | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product | | 3 | **deprive** | gerund | fortune *not said here* | me | | | | what *obl* | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Source of what=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | I | the greatest happiness of my life | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot happiness=Theme | | 5 | **reserve** | may · perfect | | a greater blessing | | | | for my comfort | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent blessing=Theme for comfort=Beneficiary | | 6 | **comfort** | | my | | | | | | nom comfort «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)