--- title: "Loose the cords from the Christian's neck," he commanded, turning t… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Loose the cords from the Christian's neck," he commanded, turning to the executioner, "and hang this man in his place, seeing that by his own confession he is the murderer." Who acts: you, Christian. 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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, Christian), 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:pg128:19:98 # text = "Loose the cords from the Christian's neck," he commanded, turning to the executioner, "and hang this man in his place, seeing that by his own confession he is the murderer." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Loose lose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 executioner executioner NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 hang hang VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 confession confession NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 murderer murderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the cords | | the Christian's neck | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent cord=Theme from neck=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **command** | past | Christian | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **turn** | gerund | Christian *not said here* | | | the executioner | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to executioner=Trajectory | | 4 | **hang** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | this man | | Christian's place | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme in place=Destination | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Christian | the murderer | | | | by Christian's own confession | tree rules | | 7 | **confess** *in a quote* | | Christian | | | | | | nom confession «communication transitive»: poss=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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/99/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/)