--- title: All this while I had refrained from questions, though my curiosity a… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: All this while I had refrained from questions, though my curiosity almost seemed to burn a hole in me, but the following day, when we went out to walk, I said to them, "Gentlemen, I must disobey your wishes, for I can keep silence no more. Who acts: curiosity, we, I, your. 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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 (curiosity, we, I, your), 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:pg128:12:22 # text = All this while I had refrained from questions, though my curiosity almost seemed to burn a hole in me, but the following day, when we went out to walk, I said to them, "Gentlemen, I must disobey your wishes, for I can keep silence no more. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 obj _ _ 3 while while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 refrained refrain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 though though SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 almost almost ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 amod _ _ 25 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 30 out out ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 disobey disobey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 parataxis _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 52 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 53 no no ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refrain** | past · perfect · passive | | All | | questions | | | tree rules | | 2 | **seem** | past | my curiosity | | | | | almost *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **burn** | to-infinitive | my curiosity *not said here* | a hole | | | | in me | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme | | 4 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go out** | past | we | | | | day | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **walk** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | Gentlemen | covers *= cover* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **disobey** *in a quote* | must | I | your wishes | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **keep** *in a quote* | can | I | silence | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silence=Theme | | 10 | **wish** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/12/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/12/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/12/)