--- title: My father may be here at any moment," said he, "so make me, I pray y… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: My father may be here at any moment," said he, "so make me, I pray you, a bath of hot water, that I may bathe, and change my clothes, and be ready to receive him." Who acts: father, 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 (father, 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:pg128:11:78 # text = My father may be here at any moment," said he, "so make me, I pray you, a bath of hot water, that I may bathe, and change my clothes, and be ready to receive him." 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 acl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 bathe bathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 change change VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | may | My father *not said here* | | | | moment | here *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | My father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | father | me | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Product | | 4 | **pray** | present | I | you | | | | a bath of hot water *obl* | tree rules | | 5 | **bathe** | may | I | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **change** | infinitive | I *not said here* | my clothes | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 7 | **is** | infinitive | father *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **receive** | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | father | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/)