--- title: “My queen,” replied the prince, “I did not make the request with any… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “My queen,” replied the prince, “I did not make the request with any intention of displeasing you, but from a motive of respect towards my father, who, as I have reason to presume, believes that I am dead. Who acts: queen, intention, father. 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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 (queen, intention, father), 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:pg65965:12:61 # text = “My queen,” replied the prince, “I did not make the request with any intention of displeasing you, but from a motive of respect towards my father, who, as I have reason to presume, believes that I am dead. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 19 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 of of SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 displeasing displease VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 motive motive NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 towards towards ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 39 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 presume presume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 43 believes believe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | My queen | the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **make** *in a quote* | past · do-support | My queen *= queen* | the request | | | | with any intention | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Product | | 3 | **displease** *in a quote* | gerund | any intention *not said here* | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | my father | reason | | | | I *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | | 5 | **presume** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | my father *not said here* | reason *not said here* | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | | | | a motive of respect towards my father | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | My queen *= queen* | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)