--- title: Guido was very honest, and even though he was poor he made no attemp… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Guido was very honest, and even though he was poor he made no attempt to open the packages until he had caused notice to be given throughout the city that if any asses had been lost, the owners should come to him. Who acts: Guido, city, owners. 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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 (Guido, city, owners), 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:pg65965:6:51 # text = Guido was very honest, and even though he was poor he made no attempt to open the packages until he had caused notice to be given throughout the city that if any asses had been lost, the owners should come to him. 1 Guido Guido PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 though though SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 packages package NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 until until SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 24 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 xcomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 28 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 34 asses ass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 owners owner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Guido | | | | | honest *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Guido | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | Guido | no attempt | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Product | | 4 | **open** | to-infinitive | Guido *not said here* | the packages | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location package=Theme | | 5 | **cause** | past · perfect | Guido | notice | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 6 | **give** | to-infinitive · passive | Guido *not said here* | notice *not said here* | | | throughout the city | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V» | | 7 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | the city *not said here* | any asses | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **come** | should | the owners | | Guido | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/51/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/)