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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 (Mobarec, you, dangers, 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:pg65965:17:74 # text = “Sir,” said Mobarec, “I am ready to comply with your desires; but you know not what dangers you must encounter to make this precious acquisition.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Mobarec Mobarec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 comply comply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 desires desire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 obj _ _ 23 dangers danger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 encounter encounter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 30 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 acquisition acquisition NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mobarec | | | | | Sir *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mobarec | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **comply** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Mobarec *not said here* | | | | | with your desires | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **encounter** *in a quote* | must | dangers | | | | | what *obj*; you *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | dangers *not said here* | this precious acquisition | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset acquisition=Product | | 7 | **desire** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom desire «feeling 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/17/)