--- title: "My brother, be not surprised to see us; this is our land, and as we… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "My brother, be not surprised to see us; this is our land, and as we came to get water from the river we noticed your raft floating down it, and one of us swam out and brought you to the shore. Who acts: brother, this, we, raft. 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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 (brother, this, we, raft), 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:pg128:17:65 # text = "My brother, be not surprised to see us; this is our land, and as we came to get water from the river we noticed your raft floating down it, and one of us swam out and brought you to the shore. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 10 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 raft raft NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 31 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 down down ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nmod _ _ 39 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 40 out out ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | My brother | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | My brother *not said here* | us | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer we=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | our land | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | water | | the river | | your raft *obl* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent water=Theme from river=Source | | 6 | **notice** *in a quote* | past | we | the river *not said here* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer river=Stimulus | | 7 | **float** *in a quote* | gerund | your raft *not said here* | river | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **swim out** *in a quote* | past | one of us | | | | | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **bring** *in a quote* | past | one of us *not said here* | you | | the shore | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to shore=Destination | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/66/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/)