--- title: One day she said to him, “Prince, as I am now fully convinced that I… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: One day she said to him, “Prince, as I am now fully convinced that I can depend on the fidelity of your love, I grant you leave to visit the sultan your father, on condition that your absence shall not be long. Who acts: fairy, you, condition, your. 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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 (fairy, you, condition, your), 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:pg65965:12:82 # text = One day she said to him, “Prince, as I am now fully convinced that I can depend on the fidelity of your love, I grant you leave to visit the sultan your father, on condition that your absence shall not be long. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 fully fully ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 convinced convinced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 depend depend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 fidelity fidelity NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 grant grant VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fairy | | | | day | Prince *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | fairy | | | | now | convinced, fully *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **depend** *in a quote* | can | fairy | | | | | on the fidelity of your love | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on fidelity=Theme | | 4 | **grant** *in a quote* | present | fairy | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **leave** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **visit** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the sultan | | condition | | your father *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | shall | condition | | | | | your absence *nsubj*; long *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **love** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **absent** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom absence «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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/12/)