--- title: You seemed to me worthy of a better fate than to marry the Princess… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: You seemed to me worthy of a better fate than to marry the Princess Nouronnihar; and that you might attain to it, I caused your arrow to fly out of sight, and to strike against the rocks near which you found it. Who acts: You, I, arrow. 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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, I, arrow), 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:pg65965:12:44 # text = You seemed to me worthy of a better fate than to marry the Princess Nouronnihar; and that you might attain to it, I caused your arrow to fly out of sight, and to strike against the rocks near which you found it. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 compound _ _ 5 worthy worthy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 than than SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Nouronnihar Nouronnihar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 attain attain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 31 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 38 against against ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 near near ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | You | | | | | to me worthy of a better fate | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **marry** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | the Princess Nouronnihar | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nouronnihar=Patient | | 3 | **attain** | might | you | | fate | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cause** | past | I | your arrow | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **fly out** | to-infinitive | your arrow *not said here* | sight | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sight=Theme | | 6 | **strike** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | | | the rocks | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against rock=Location | | 7 | **find** | past | you | sight | | the rocks | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)