--- title: "Tell your master," said the tailor, "that we have brought a very si… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Tell your master," said the tailor, "that we have brought a very sick man for him to cure; and," he added, holding out some money, "give him this in advance, so that he may not feel he is wasting his time." Who acts: tailor, couple. 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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 (tailor, couple), 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:pg128:19:34 # text = "Tell your master," said the tailor, "that we have brought a very sick man for him to cure; and," he added, holding out some money, "give him this in advance, so that he may not feel he is wasting his time." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 34 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 parataxis _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 advance advance NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 48 mark _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 fixed _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 wasting waste VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 ccomp _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | your master | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent master=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the tailor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | that | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme man=Destination | | 4 | **cure** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | couple | | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer | | 5 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | couple | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **hold out** | gerund | couple *not said here* | some money | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | this | couple | advance | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient this=Theme | | 8 | **not** **feel** *in a quote* | may | couple | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **waste** *in a quote* | present · progressive | couple | | | | time | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/)