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title: I am informed that the fairy your spouse makes use of a certain wate… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 46

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I am informed that the fairy your spouse makes use of a certain water called the water of the fountain of lions, which cures all sorts of diseases, even the most dangerous; and as I am perfectly well persuaded my health is dear to you, I do not doubt but you will ask her for a bottle of that water, and bring it to me as a sure remedy, which I may use when I have occasion.

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**Who acts:** fairy, certain water, lions, I, you, sure remedy · **What happens:** inform, make, call, cure, persuade, be · **To what, where:** I, use, water, sorts, health, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fairy, certain water, lions, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg65965:14:46
# text = I am informed that the fairy your spouse makes use of a certain water called the water of the fountain of lions, which cures all sorts of diseases, even the most dangerous; and as I am perfectly well persuaded my health is dear to you, I do not doubt but you will ask her for a bottle of that water, and bring it to me as a sure remedy, which I may use when I have occasion.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	spouse	spouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
25	cures	cure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
26	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	27	det	_	_
27	sorts	sort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	diseases	disease	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	even	even	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	34	advmod	_	_
34	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
37	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
38	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
39	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
40	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
41	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	42	advmod	_	_
42	persuaded	persuade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	amod	_	_
43	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
45	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
46	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
51	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
52	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	53	advmod	_	_
53	doubt	doubt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	parataxis	_	_
54	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
55	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
56	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
57	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	conj	_	_
58	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	iobj	_	_
59	for	for	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	64	det	_	_
64	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
67	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	conj	_	_
68	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	obj	_	_
69	to	to	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
70	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	67	obl	_	_
71	as	as	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
72	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
73	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	amod	_	_
74	remedy	remedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
76	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	79	nsubj	_	_
77	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	79	nsubj	_	_
78	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	79	aux	_	_
79	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	74	acl:relcl	_	_
80	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	82	advmod	_	_
81	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	82	nsubj	_	_
82	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	79	advcl	_	_
83	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	82	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | I |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **make** | present | the fairy | use of a certain water |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Product |
| 3 | **call** | participle | a certain water *not said here* | the water of the fountain of lions |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent water=Recipient |
| 4 | **cure** | present | lions | all sorts of diseases |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer sort=Source |
| 5 | **persuade** | present · passive | I | my health |  |  |  | perfectly, well *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent health=Patient |
| 6 | **is** | present |  |  | you |  |  | dear *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **not** **doubt** | present · do-support | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | future | you |  | fairy |  |  | for a bottle of that water | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 9 | **bring** | infinitive | I *not said here* | health | me |  |  | as a sure remedy | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to i=Destination |
| 10 | **use** | may | a sure remedy |  |  |  |  | I *nsubj* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **have** | present | I | occasion |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Patient |
| 12 | **use** |  |  | a certain water |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 13 | **sort** |  |  | diseases |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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