--- title: He mentioned his wish to Perie Banou, who was much alarmed lest this… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He mentioned his wish to Perie Banou, who was much alarmed lest this was only an excuse to leave her, and entreated him to forego his intention. Who acts: Ahmed, this. 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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 (Ahmed, this), 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:pg65965:12:60 # text = He mentioned his wish to Perie Banou, who was much alarmed lest this was only an excuse to leave her, and entreated him to forego his intention. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mentioned mention VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Perie Perie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 Banou Banou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 much much ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 13 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 forego forego VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mention** *speech: other* | past | Ahmed | Ahmed's wish | Perie | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wish=Topic to perie=Recipient | | 2 | **alarm** | past · passive | | Perie | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | this | | | | | lest a excuse | tree rules | | 4 | **leave** | to-infinitive | | fairy | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **entreat** | past | Ahmed *not said here* | Ahmed | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **forego** | to-infinitive | Ahmed *not said here* | Ahmed's intention | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Theme | | 7 | **wish** | | Ahmed | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **intend** | | Ahmed | | | | | | nom intention «cognition 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)