--- title: However, Perie Banou saved her the trouble, and said, “Good woman, I… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: However, Perie Banou saved her the trouble, and said, “Good woman, I am glad I had an opportunity to oblige you, and that you are able to pursue your journey. Who acts: Perie, you, 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 (Perie, you, 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:pg65965:13:75 # text = However, Perie Banou saved her the trouble, and said, “Good woman, I am glad I had an opportunity to oblige you, and that you are able to pursue your journey. 1 However however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Perie Perie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Banou Banou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 oblige oblige VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 pursue pursue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | past | Perie | the trouble | sorceress | | | however *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary trouble=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Perie *not said here* | Good woman | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Perie | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Perie | a opportunity | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient | | 5 | **oblige** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Perie *not said here* | you | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pursue** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | your journey | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | | 8 | **journey** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom journey «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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)