--- title: There is nobody here but the eunuch, who is your own servant, the li… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: There is nobody here but the eunuch, who is your own servant, the little slave, and myself, yet you cover yourself with your veil and reproach me for having sent for you, as if I had committed a crime." Who acts: nobody, you, I. 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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 (nobody, you, I), 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:pg128:10:52 # text = There is nobody here but the eunuch, who is your own servant, the little slave, and myself, yet you cover yourself with your veil and reproach me for having sent for you, as if I had committed a crime." 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 4 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 eunuch eunuch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 cover cover VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 reproach reproach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 34 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 xcomp _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | nobody | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | | your own servant and the little slave | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cover** | present | you | yourself | | | | with your veil | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent yourself=Destination with veil=Theme | | 4 | **reproach** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **have** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **send** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | for you | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **commit** | past · perfect | I | a crime | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crime=Theme | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/)