--- title: If I should not come again to pay you my respects, it will be the si… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: If I should not come again to pay you my respects, it will be the sign that I have not been able to succeed in my petition; but beforehand, I desire you to forgive me, and consider that you yourself have reduced me to this extremity.” Who acts: I, influence, 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, influence, 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:pg65965:14:12 # text = If I should not come again to pay you my respects, it will be the sign that I have not been able to succeed in my petition; but beforehand, I desire you to forgive me, and consider that you yourself have reduced me to this extremity.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 respects respects NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 cop _ _ 23 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 acl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 petition petition NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 beforehand beforehand ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 desire desire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 nmod _ _ 45 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 reduced reduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 advcl _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 extremity extremity NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | I | | | | again | beforehand *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pay** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | you | | | my respects *obj* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient respects=Asset | | 3 | **is a** | future | influence | the sign | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **is** | present · perfect | I | the sign *not said here* | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **succeed** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | my petition | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in petition=Eventuality | | 6 | **desire** | present | I | you | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | | 7 | **forgive** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | me | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **consider** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **reduce** | present · perfect · passive | | you | | | | to this extremity *result*; me *obj* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2 «NP V NP.patient NP.extent PP.initial\_state PP.result»: subject=Patient i=Extent to extremity=Result | | 10 | **petition** | | my | | | | | | nom petition «communication 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)