--- title: "Commander of the Faithful," I answered, "I am ready to do all that… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Commander of the Faithful," I answered, "I am ready to do all that your Majesty commands, but I humbly pray you to remember that I am utterly disheartened by the unheard of sufferings I have undergone. Who acts: Commander, Majesty. 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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 (Commander, Majesty), 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:pg128:18:48 # text = "Commander of the Faithful," I answered, "I am ready to do all that your Majesty commands, but I humbly pray you to remember that I am utterly disheartened by the unheard of sufferings I have undergone. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Commander Commander PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 18 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 commands command VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 humbly humbly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 disheartened dishearten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 unheard unheard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 sufferings suffering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 undergone undergo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Commander of the Faithful | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Commander of the Faithful *= commander* | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Commander of the Faithful *= commander* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **command** *in a quote* | present | your Majesty | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | Commander of the Faithful *= commander* | you | | | | humbly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **remember** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Commander of the Faithful *= commander* *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **dishearten** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Commander of the Faithful *= commander* | | | | unheard, utterly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 8 | **undergo** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Commander of the Faithful *= commander* | sufferings *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/)