--- title: Will you do me the favour to trade with it, and when I meet with his… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Will you do me the favour to trade with it, and when I meet with his heirs I shall be able to give them the money, though it will be only just that you shall have a portion for your trouble." Who acts: you, I, money, 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 (you, I, money, 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:pg128:15:53 # text = Will you do me the favour to trade with it, and when I meet with his heirs I shall be able to give them the money, though it will be only just that you shall have a portion for your trouble." 1 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 trade trade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 heirs heir NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 22 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 29 though though SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 33 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 34 just just ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | future | you | the favour | me | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **trade** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the favour *not said here* | | | | with favour | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with it=Co-Agent | | 3 | **meet** | present | I | | | | | with passenger's heirs | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with heir=Co-Agent | | 4 | **is** | shall | I | passenger's heirs *not said here* | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the money | heirs *= heir* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient money=Theme | | 6 | **is** | shall · future | money | | | | | for your trouble; have *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **trouble** | | your | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/)