--- title: You know to what a great expense I am put, every time I engage in wa… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: You know to what a great expense I am put, every time I engage in war, to provide mules, camels, and other beasts of burden to carry the tents of myself and of my army. Who acts: You, I. 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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 (You, I), 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:pg65965:14:4 # text = You know to what a great expense I am put, every time I engage in war, to provide mules, camels, and other beasts of burden to carry the tents of myself and of my army. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 conj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 expense expense NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 engage engage VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 provide provide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 21 mules mule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 tents tent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | You | | | | | what a great expense *conj*; other beasts of burden *conj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **put** | present · passive | | I | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 3 | **engage** | present | I | | | | time | in war *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in war=Goal | | 4 | **provide** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | mules and camels | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition mule=Theme | | 5 | **carry** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | the tents of myself | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tent=Theme | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)