--- title: If, as I hope, he grants me my wish, be sure that you wake me an hou… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: If, as I hope, he grants me my wish, be sure that you wake me an hour before the dawn, and speak to me in these words: 'My sister, if you are not asleep, I beg you, before the sun rises, to tell me one of your charming stories.' Who acts: I, Highness, you, sun. 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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 (I, Highness, you, sun), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg128:1:97 # text = If, as I hope, he grants me my wish, be sure that you wake me an hour before the dawn, and speak to me in these words: 'My sister, if you are not asleep, I beg you, before the sun rises, to tell me one of your charming stories.' 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 grants grant VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 wake wake VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 before before SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 parataxis _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 iobj _ _ 55 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 ccomp _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 58 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | present | I | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **grant** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Highness | my wish | me | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal wish=Theme | | 3 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **wake** | present | you | me | | | dawn; hour | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* | My sister | me | this words | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to i=Co-Agent | | 6 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | I | | you | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 8 | **rise** | present | the sun | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 10 | **wish** | | my | | | | | | nom wish «feeling 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:** «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/98/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/)