--- title: Though the offering we present to you is unworthy of your notice, we… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Though the offering we present to you is unworthy of your notice, we pray you to accept it as a mark of the esteem and friendship which we cherish for you, and of which we gladly send you this token, and we ask of you a like regard if you deem us worthy of it. Who acts: we, offering, you, 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 (we, offering, you, 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:pg128:18:19 # text = Though the offering we present to you is unworthy of your notice, we pray you to accept it as a mark of the esteem and friendship which we cherish for you, and of which we gladly send you this token, and we ask of you a like regard if you deem us worthy of it. 1 Though though SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 present present VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 unworthy unworthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 14 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 esteem esteem NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 cherish cherish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 regard regard NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 52 if if SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 deem deem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 55 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 xcomp _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | present | we | the offering *not said here* | you | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent offering=Theme to you=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | the offering | | | | | of your notice; unworthy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **pray** | present | we | you | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **accept** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | offering | | | | as a mark of the esteem and friendship | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme as mark=Attribute | | 5 | **cherish** | present | we | the esteem and friendship | | | | for you | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus for you=Attribute | | 6 | **send** | present | we | this token | you | | | gladly *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination token=Theme | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | we | a like regard | | | | of you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent regard=Recipient | | 8 | **deem** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | us | | | | worthy *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent we=Attribute | | 9 | **notice** | | your | | | | | | nom notice «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **mark** | | | the esteem and friendship | | | | | nom mark «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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/)