--- title: You must say to him, ‘Lord of the Genii, I wish your majesty may pro… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: You must say to him, ‘Lord of the Genii, I wish your majesty may protect me, as you always protected my father; and I most humbly beg you to give me the ninth statue.’” Who acts: You, I, majesty. 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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 (You, I, majesty), 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:pg65965:17:115 # text = You must say to him, ‘Lord of the Genii, I wish your majesty may protect me, as you always protected my father; and I most humbly beg you to give me the ninth statue.’” 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Genii Genii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 24 advmod _ _ 24 protected protect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 31 advmod _ _ 31 humbly humbly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 beg beg NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 ninth ninth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | must | You | Lord of the Genii | Mobarec | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 2 | **wish** | present | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **protect** | may | your majesty | | me | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 4 | **protect** | past | you | | my father | | | always *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Beneficiary | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | | I | | you | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | the ninth statue | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient statue=Theme | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/116/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/)