--- title: I did not invite you to my wedding, because you were engaged in a di… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: I did not invite you to my wedding, because you were engaged in a distant expedition, from which I heard with pleasure you returned victorious; but on my husband’s account I have taken the liberty now to call for you.” Who acts: I, you, my, husband. 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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 (I, you, my, husband), 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:pg65965:14:96 # text = I did not invite you to my wedding, because you were engaged in a distant expedition, from which I heard with pleasure you returned victorious; but on my husband’s account I have taken the liberty now to call for you.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 invite invite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 because because SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 expedition expedition NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 victorious victorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **invite** | past · do-support | I | | you | | | to my wedding | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **engage** | past · passive | | you | | | | in a distant expedition *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in expedition=Goal | | 3 | **hear** | past | I | | | | | with pleasure; which *obl* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from which=Source | | 4 | **return** | past | you | pleasure *not said here* | | | | victorious *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Theme | | 5 | **take** | present · perfect | I | the liberty | | my husband's account | now | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent liberty=Theme on account=Destination | | 6 | **call** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | for you | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for you=Recipient | | 7 | **wed** | | my | | | | | | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **account** | | my husband | | | | | | nom account «communication 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/97/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)