--- title: But as to the revealing of this mystery, I beg you will not be offen… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: But as to the revealing of this mystery, I beg you will not be offended if I remain silent, and that you will be satisfied to know from my own mouth that I am happy and content with my fate. Who acts: I, you, own mouth, my. 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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 (I, you, own mouth, my), 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:pg65965:13:14 # text = But as to the revealing of this mystery, I beg you will not be offended if I remain silent, and that you will be satisfied to know from my own mouth that I am happy and content with my fate. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 5 case _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 revealing revealing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 mystery mystery NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 offended offend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 20 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 27 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 csubj _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 content content ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | I | | | | | as the revealing of this mystery | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **offend** | future · passive | | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **remain** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | | | | | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | future | you | | | | | satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | to-infinitive | | | | my own mouth | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | present | my own mouth | | | | | with my fate; I *nsubj*; happy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | my own mouth *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **reveal** | | | this mystery | | | | | nom revealing «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **fate** | | my | | | | | | nom fate «event 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)