--- title: You must return with Mobarec, and you must swear to come again to me… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: You must return with Mobarec, and you must swear to come again to me, and to bring with you a young maiden who has reached her twentieth year, and who has never entertained a wish to be married. Who acts: You, young maiden. 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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, young maiden), 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:pg65965:17:127 # text = You must return with Mobarec, and you must swear to come again to me, and to bring with you a young maiden who has reached her twentieth year, and who has never entertained a wish to be married. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Mobarec Mobarec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 again again ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 twentieth twentieth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 entertained entertain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | must | You | | | | | with Mobarec | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **swear** | must | you | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | me | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **bring** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | a young maiden | | | | with you | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme | | 5 | **reach** | present · perfect | a young maiden | | | | year | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **entertain** | present · perfect · passive | | a wish | | | | who *nsubj:pass* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer wish=Result | | 7 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | | a wish *not said here* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | 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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/128/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/)