--- title: “We will do our best to carry out Your Majesty’s commands and to suc… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “We will do our best to carry out Your Majesty’s commands and to succeed in this test which you have given us, but we would call your royal attention to one matter; it is this: supposing we produce before to-morrow evening three pearls as you command, how shall we be able to satisfy you that they co --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/72/) [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/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/) / 72 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 72 “We will do our best to carry out Your Majesty’s commands and to succeed in this test which you have given us, but we would call your royal attention to one matter; it is this: supposing we produce before to-morrow evening three pearls as you command, how shall we be able to satisfy you that they come from the Royal Treasury? **Who acts:** We, test, attention, you, pearls, Majesty · **What happens:** do, carry out, succeed, give, call, be · **To what, where:** best, commands, test, us, royal attention, one matter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Three Thieves.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, test, attention, 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:pg75000:15:72 # text = “We will do our best to carry out Your Majesty’s commands and to succeed in this test which you have given us, but we would call your royal attention to one matter; it is this: supposing we produce before to-morrow evening three pearls as you command, how shall we be able to satisfy you that they come from the Royal Treasury? 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 commands command NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 supposing supposing NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 produce produce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 44 before before ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 49 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 59 advmod _ _ 56 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 57 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 cop _ _ 59 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 advcl _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 satisfy satisfy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 xcomp _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 64 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 advcl _ _ 66 from from ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 Royal Royal ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 Treasury Treasury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | future | We | our best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 2 | **carry out** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | Your Majesty's commands | | | | | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Eventuality | | 3 | **succeed** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | | | this test | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in test=Eventuality | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | present · perfect | this test | | us | | | you *nsubj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 5 | **call** *in a quote* | would | we | your royal attention | one matter | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent attention=Topic to matter=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | attention | this | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **produce** *in a quote* | present | we | three pearls | | | evening | supposing *compound* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Result | | 8 | **command** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | we | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **satisfy** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 11 | **come** *in a quote* | present | pearls *= pearl* | | | the Royal Treasury | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from treasury=Initial\_Location | | 12 | **command** *in a quote* | | Your Majesty | | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **attend** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/73/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)