--- title: The queen, his mother, tried to correct her son’s conduct, assuring… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The queen, his mother, tried to correct her son’s conduct, assuring him that if he did not take another course, he would cause some revolution, which perhaps might cost him his crown and his life. Who acts: queen, PRINCE, revolution, son. 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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 (queen, PRINCE, revolution, son), 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:pg65965:16:97 # text = The queen, his mother, tried to correct her son’s conduct, assuring him that if he did not take another course, he would cause some revolution, which perhaps might cost him his crown and his life. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 correct correct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 assuring assure VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 23 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 revolution revolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 33 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 cost cost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | the queen | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **correct** *speech: disagree* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | queen's son's conduct | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent conduct=Patient | | 3 | **assure** | gerund | the queen *not said here* | | PRINCE | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | PRINCE | another course | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme | | 5 | **cause** | would | PRINCE | some revolution | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition revolution=Patient | | 6 | **cost** | might | some revolution | PRINCE's crown and PRINCE's life | PRINCE | | | perhaps *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme he=Beneficiary crown=Value | | 7 | **conduct** | | queen's son | | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **crown** | | PRINCE | | | | | | nom crown «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/pg65965/16/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/97/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/)