--- title: “My very humble thanks,” replied the Grand Vizier, as he bent his lo… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “My very humble thanks,” replied the Grand Vizier, as he bent his long neck; “but if I may venture to say so, your Highness is even handsomer as a stork than as a Caliph. Who acts: humble thanks, thanks, Highness. 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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 (humble thanks, thanks, Highness), 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:pg65965:9:110 # text = “My very humble thanks,” replied the Grand Vizier, as he bent his long neck; “but if I may venture to say so, your Highness is even handsomer as a stork than as a Caliph. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Grand Grand ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Vizier Vizier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 venture venture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 Highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 even even ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 handsomer handsome ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 parataxis _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 than than ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | My humble thanks | the Grand Vizier | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent vizier=Topic | | 2 | **bend** | past | thanks | thanks's long neck | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent neck=Material | | 3 | **venture** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | may | My humble thanks *= thanks* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | My humble thanks *= thanks* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | your Highness | | | | | as a stork; than a Caliph; handsome *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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/109/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/)