--- title: “Son,” replied the Sultan of the Indies, “your wife would show that… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “Son,” replied the Sultan of the Indies, “your wife would show that her love to you was very slight if, with the power she possesses as a fairy, she should refuse so trifling a request as that I have begged you to make. Who acts: Son, wife, love. 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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 (Son, wife, love), 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:pg65965:14:13 # text = “Son,” replied the Sultan of the Indies, “your wife would show that her love to you was very slight if, with the power she possesses as a fairy, she should refuse so trifling a request as that I have begged you to make. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Indies Indy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 slight slight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 possesses possess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 trifling trifle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 xcomp _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 begged beg VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Son | the Sultan of the Indies | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **show** *in a quote* | would | your wife | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | wife's love to you | | | | | slight *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **possess** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | wife | | | | | with the power; as a fairy | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **refuse** *in a quote* | should | wife | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **trifle** *in a quote* | gerund | wife *not said here* | a request | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present · perfect | Son | | you | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Son *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 9 | **love** *in a quote* | | wife | | | | | to you | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)