--- title: I am going to tell you my story and that of the hind I have with me,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I am going to tell you my story and that of the hind I have with me, and if you find it more marvellous than that of the merchant whom you are about to kill, I hope that you will do away with a third part of his punishment?" Who acts: I, that, you, merchant. 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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 (I, that, you, merchant), 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:pg128:2:73 # text = I am going to tell you my story and that of the hind I have with me, and if you find it more marvellous than that of the merchant whom you are about to kill, I hope that you will do away with a third part of his punishment?" 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hind hind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nmod _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 25 advmod _ _ 25 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 26 than than ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 about about ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 44 away away ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 48 amod _ _ 48 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my story | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient story=Topic | | 3 | **have** | present | that | | | | | with me | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | story | | | | marvellous *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 5 | **is** | present | you | | | | | the merchant *obl*; about, kill *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **hope** | present | I | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **do away** | future | you | | | | | with a third part of merchant's punishment; away *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **punish** | | merchant | | | | | | nom punishment «act 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/)