--- title: "Go with them," said he, "and do as they do, but beware of losing si… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Go with them," said he, "and do as they do, but beware of losing sight of them, for if you strayed your life would be in danger." Who acts: you, captain, others, life. 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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, captain, others, life), 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:pg128:17:22 # text = "Go with them," said he, "and do as they do, but beware of losing sight of them, for if you strayed your life would be in danger." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 beware beware VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 of of SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 21 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 strayed stray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with others *= other* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | captain | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | others *= other* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **beware** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **lose** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | sight of others | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | | 7 | **stray** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | would | your life | | | danger | | | tree rules | | 9 | **sight** *in a quote* | | | others *= other* | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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/pg128/17/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/)