--- title: You may imagine that I praised his generosity and gave him grateful… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: You may imagine that I praised his generosity and gave him grateful thanks, nor did I fail to present myself daily in his audience chamber, and for the rest of my time I amused myself in seeing all that was most worthy of attention in the city. Who acts: You, I, that. 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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, that), 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:pg128:18:9 # text = You may imagine that I praised his generosity and gave him grateful thanks, nor did I fail to present myself daily in his audience chamber, and for the rest of my time I amused myself in seeing all that was most worthy of attention in the city. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 generosity generosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 thanks thanks NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 18 cc _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 daily daily ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 amused amuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 37 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 in in SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 44 advmod _ _ 44 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 ccomp _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imagine** | may | You | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **praise** | past | I | Heaven's generosity | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent generosity=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past | I *not said here* | grateful thanks | Heaven | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient thanks=Theme | | 4 | **fail** | past · do-support | I | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **present** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | myself | | Heaven's audience chamber | | daily *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Theme | | 6 | **amuse** | past | I | myself | | | | for the rest of my time | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus myself=Experiencer | | 7 | **see** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | that | | | | | of attention in the city; worthy *property* | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/)