--- title: If our coming into this island is displeasing to him, he will appear… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: If our coming into this island is displeasing to him, he will appear in the shape of a dreadful monster; but if he approves of your design, he will show himself in the shape of a handsome man. Who acts: our, Mobarec, your. 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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 (our, Mobarec, your), 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:pg65965:17:113 # text = If our coming into this island is displeasing to him, he will appear in the shape of a dreadful monster; but if he approves of your design, he will show himself in the shape of a handsome man. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 2 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 3 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 displeasing displease VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 approves approve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 34 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 iobj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | gerund | | | | this island | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into island=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **displease** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · progressive | our | | island | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **appear** | future | Mobarec | | | the shape of a dreadful monster | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shape=Location | | 4 | **approve** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Mobarec | | | | | of your design | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **show** | future | Mobarec | | Mobarec | | | in the shape of a handsome man | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in shape=Topic | | 6 | **design** | | your | | | | | | nom design «act 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/114/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/)