--- title: “Because,” she replied, “if I am to be your wife, I want to know all… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “Because,” she replied, “if I am to be your wife, I want to know all about you, so that if any calamity threatens you, I may help to overcome, or perhaps avert it.” Who acts: wedding, calamity, you. 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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, calamity, you), 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:pg65965:4:42 # text = “Because,” she replied, “if I am to be your wife, I want to know all about you, so that if any calamity threatens you, I may help to overcome, or perhaps avert it.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 obj _ _ 22 about about ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 calamity calamity NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 threatens threaten VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 overcome overcome VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 avert avert VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | wedding | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | wedding *not said here* | your wife | | | | your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 3 | **want** *in a quote* | present | wedding | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **know** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | wedding *not said here* | all | | | | about you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer all=Stimulus | | 5 | **threaten** *in a quote* | present | any calamity | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 6 | **help** *in a quote* | may | wedding | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **overcome** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | wedding *not said here* | | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **avert** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | calamity | | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/43/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/)