--- title: After a long silence he said, “I beg of your majesty to be assured t… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: After a long silence he said, “I beg of your majesty to be assured that there is nothing I would not undertake to procure which may contribute to the prolonging of your life, but I wish it might not be by the means of my wife. Who acts: Ahmed, nothing, life. 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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 (Ahmed, nothing, life), 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:pg65965:14:49 # text = After a long silence he said, “I beg of your majesty to be assured that there is nothing I would not undertake to procure which may contribute to the prolonging of your life, but I wish it might not be by the means of my wife. 1 After after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 assured assure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 19 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 20 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 19 nsubj _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 undertake undertake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 procure procure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 contribute contribute VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 prolonging prolonging NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 44 by by SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 nsubj _ _ 46 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ahmed | | | | after a long silence | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present | Ahmed | | | | | of your majesty | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **assure** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | Ahmed *not said here* | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: clause=Theme | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **undertake** *in a quote* | would | Ahmed | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **procure** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ahmed *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **contribute** *in a quote* | may | | | the prolonging of your life | | | which *nsubj* | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prolonging=Recipient | | 8 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | Ahmed | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | might | life | | | | | of my wife; mean *property* | tree rules | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/50/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)