--- title: For my part, I shudder when I consider the misfortunes which may hap… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: For my part, I shudder when I consider the misfortunes which may happen to you, as the fairy, by her attractions and caresses, may inspire your son with the unnatural design of dethroning his father and of seizing the crown of the Indies.” Who acts: I, misfortunes, unnatural design, sorceress. 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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, misfortunes, unnatural design, sorceress), 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:pg65965:13:86 # text = For my part, I shudder when I consider the misfortunes which may happen to you, as the fairy, by her attractions and caresses, may inspire your son with the unnatural design of dethroning his father and of seizing the crown of the Indies.” 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 shudder shudder VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 consider consider VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 attractions attraction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 caresses caress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 inspire inspire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 unnatural unnatural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 dethroning dethrone VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 seizing seize VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Indies Indy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shudder** | present | I | | | | | for my part | tree rules | | 2 | **consider** | present | I | the misfortunes | | | | the fairy *conj*; sorceress's attractions and caresses *parataxis* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent misfortune=Attribute | | 3 | **happen** | may | the misfortunes | | you | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **inspire** | may | I *not said here* | your son | | | | with the unnatural design | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus son=Experiencer | | 5 | **dethrone** | gerund | the unnatural design *not said here* | Son's father | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **seize** | gerund | the unnatural design *not said here* | the crown of the Indies | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | | 7 | **attract** | | sorceress | | | | | | nom attraction «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **crown** | | | the Indies | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/87/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/13/)