--- title: The fakir told him the way, and said, “I pray for your success, and… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The fakir told him the way, and said, “I pray for your success, and this will come to you if you will observe the two following conditions: First, do not draw sword, and next, kill no woman.” Who acts: fakir, this, Rájá. 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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 (fakir, this, Rájá), 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:pg65965:27:29 # text = The fakir told him the way, and said, “I pray for your success, and this will come to you if you will observe the two following conditions: First, do not draw sword, and next, kill no woman.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fakir fakir NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 30 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 amod _ _ 31 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 33 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 38 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 next next ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the fakir | the way | Rájá | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fakir *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | the fakir *= fakir* | | | | | for your success | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for success=Theme | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | future | this | | Rájá | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **observe** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | Rájá | the two following conditions | | | | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic | | 6 | **follow** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **draw** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | this *not said here* | sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 8 | **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive | | no woman | | | | next *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/27/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/27/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/27/)