--- title: “My princess,” said he, “as I do not remember I ever did, or designe… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “My princess,” said he, “as I do not remember I ever did, or designed to do, anybody an injury, I cannot believe any one can have a thought of injuring me; but if they have, I shall not forbear doing good whenever I have an opportunity.” Who acts: princess, one, thought, proofs. 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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 (princess, one, thought, proofs), 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:pg65965:13:64 # text = “My princess,” said he, “as I do not remember I ever did, or designed to do, anybody an injury, I cannot believe any one can have a thought of injuring me; but if they have, I shall not forbear doing good whenever I have an opportunity.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 17 advmod _ _ 17 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 designed design VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 22 obj _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 injuring injure VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 forbear forbear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 51 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 xcomp _ _ 52 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 obj _ _ 53 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 56 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ” " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | My princess | | | | | Ahmed *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **remember** *in a quote* | present · do-support | My princess *= princess* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | past | My princess *= princess* | | | | ever | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **design** *in a quote* | participle | My princess *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | My princess *not said here* | anybody | | | | a injury *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **believe** *in a quote* | can | My princess *= princess* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | can | any one | a thought | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Patient | | 8 | **injure** *in a quote* | gerund | a thought *not said here* | My princess *= princess* | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | proofs *= proof* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **not** **forbear** *in a quote* | shall | My princess *= princess* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | My princess *= princess* *not said here* | good | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 12 | **have** *in a quote* | present | My princess *= princess* | a opportunity | | | | whenever *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)