--- title: “These are sufficient proofs,” they said, “that Prince Ahmed does no… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “These are sufficient proofs,” they said, “that Prince Ahmed does not travel far, so that we should think ourselves wanting in our duty did we not make our humble remonstrances, in order that, for your own preservation and the good of your people, your majesty may take such measures as you shall thi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/) / 31 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 13, sentence 31 “These are sufficient proofs,” they said, “that Prince Ahmed does not travel far, so that we should think ourselves wanting in our duty did we not make our humble remonstrances, in order that, for your own preservation and the good of your people, your majesty may take such measures as you shall think advisable.” **Who acts:** sufficient proofs, Prince Ahmed, we, majesty, you, your · **What happens:** be, say, not travel, think, want, not make · **To what, where:** sufficient proofs, ourselves, duty, humble remonstrances, such measures, advisable · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sufficient proofs, Prince Ahmed, we, majesty), 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:pg65965:13:31 # text = “These are sufficient proofs,” they said, “that Prince Ahmed does not travel far, so that we should think ourselves wanting in our duty did we not make our humble remonstrances, in order that, for your own preservation and the good of your people, your majesty may take such measures as you shall think advisable.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 sufficient sufficient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 proofs proof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 13 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 18 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 24 mark _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 22 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 25 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 wanting want VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 34 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 remonstrances remonstrance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 preservation preservation NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 55 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 parataxis _ _ 57 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 measures measure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 59 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 advcl _ _ 63 advisable advisable NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | this sufficient proofs | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | this sufficient proofs | | | | | proofs *= proof* *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **travel** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Prince Ahmed that | | | | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | should | we | ourselves | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ourselves=Theme | | 5 | **want** *in a quote* | gerund | we *not said here* | | | our duty | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **not** **make** *in a quote* | past · do-support | we | our humble remonstrances and order | | | | for your own preservation; that *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent remonstrance=Beneficiary that=Product for preservation=Asset | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | may | your majesty | such measures | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | shall | you | advisable | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot advisable=Theme | | 9 | **preserve** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom preservation «act 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)