--- title: The burden which would have been mine had I allowed these two innoce… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The burden which would have been mine had I allowed these two innocent men to suffer death for a crime that was my own would have been too heavy for me to bear, and I preferred to pay the penalty.” Who acts: burden, I, these, two innocent men. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Ori --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/20/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/) / 20 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 3, sentence 20 The burden which would have been mine had I allowed these two innocent men to suffer death for a crime that was my own would have been too heavy for me to bear, and I preferred to pay the penalty.” **Who acts:** burden, I, these, two innocent men, crime, me · **What happens:** have, allow, man, suffer, be, bear · **To what, where:** death, penalty This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (burden, I, these, two innocent men), 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:pg65965:3:20 # text = The burden which would have been mine had I allowed these two innocent men to suffer death for a crime that was my own would have been too heavy for me to bear, and I preferred to pay the penalty.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 11 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 13 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 17 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 26 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 cop _ _ 28 too too ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 preferred prefer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 penalty penalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the burden | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **allow** | past | I | | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 3 | **man** | | these | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **suffer** | to-infinitive | two innocent men *not said here* | death | | | | for a crime | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer death=Stimulus for crime=Attribute | | 5 | **is** | past | a crime | | | | | my *nmod:poss*; own *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | would · perfect | two innocent men | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **bear** | to-infinitive | me | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **prefer** | past | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **pay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the penalty | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penalty=Asset | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/21/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/)