--- title: But she said that before she married him she must learn to know him… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: But she said that before she married him she must learn to know him better, they having been enemies for so long, and a closer acquaintance with him was necessary in order to strengthen their friendship. Who acts: wedding, father, closer acquaintance. 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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 (wedding, father, closer acquaintance), 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:pg65965:4:38 # text = But she said that before she married him she must learn to know him better, they having been enemies for so long, and a closer acquaintance with him was necessary in order to strengthen their friendship. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 before before SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 amod _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 cop _ _ 20 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 amod _ _ 28 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 33 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 34 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 fixed _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 strengthen strengthen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wedding | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **marry** | past | wedding | Magician | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **learn** | must | wedding | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **know** | to-infinitive | wedding *not said here* | Magician | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | participle | father | having enemies | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | a closer acquaintance with Magician | | | | | necessary *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **strengthen** | to-infinitive | a closer acquaintance with Magician *not said here* | father's friendship | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent friendship=Patient | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/)