--- title: Though we both had the same parents, he is of so violent a nature th… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Though we both had the same parents, he is of so violent a nature that his resentment kindles at the slightest offence; yet, on the other hand, he is so liberal as to oblige any one who shows him a kindness. Who acts: we, danger, resentment, one. 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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 (we, danger, resentment, one), 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:pg65965:14:86 # text = Though we both had the same parents, he is of so violent a nature that his resentment kindles at the slightest offence; yet, on the other hand, he is so liberal as to oblige any one who shows him a kindness. 1 Though though SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 both both ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 resentment resentment NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 kindles kindle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 slightest slight ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 23 offence offence NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 25 yet yet ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 liberal liberal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 oblige oblige VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 csubj _ _ 39 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | we | the same parents | | | | both *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | danger | | | | | a nature *nsubj*; violent *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **kindle** | present | danger's resentment | a nature | | the slightest offence | | | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition that=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | danger | | | the other hand | yet | liberal *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **oblige** | to-infinitive | | any one | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 6 | **show** | present | any one | a kindness | danger | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient kindness=Topic | | 7 | **resent** | | danger | | | | | | nom resentment «feeling 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/87/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)