--- title: But since you do not consent that I should go and comfort him by the… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: But since you do not consent that I should go and comfort him by the assurance of my life, I will deny myself the pleasure, as there is nothing to which I would not submit to please you.” Who acts: you, I, nothing, life. 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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, nothing, life), 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:pg65965:12:62 # text = But since you do not consent that I should go and comfort him by the assurance of my life, I will deny myself the pleasure, as there is nothing to which I would not submit to please you.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 2 since since SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 comfort comfort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 assurance assurance NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 deny deny VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 24 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 31 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 30 nsubj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obl _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 submit submit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **consent** | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | should | I | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **comfort** | infinitive | I *not said here* | Prince | | | | by the assurance of my life | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 4 | **deny** | future | I | myself | | | | the pleasure *obj* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent myself=Theme pleasure=Eventuality | | 5 | **be** | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **submit** | would | I | | | | | which *obl* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **please** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 8 | **assure** | | my life | | | | | | nom assurance «cognition intransitive»: of=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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/63/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)