--- title: One of these I shall present to him saying, "Here are the thousand g… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: One of these I shall present to him saying, "Here are the thousand gold pieces that I offered for your daughter's hand, and here," I shall continue, holding out the second purse, "are another thousand to show you that I am a man who is better than his word." 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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 (One, thousand gold pieces, I, thousand), 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:pg128:20:52 # text = One of these I shall present to him saying, "Here are the thousand gold pieces that I offered for your daughter's hand, and here," I shall continue, holding out the second purse, "are another thousand to show you that I am a man who is better than his word." 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 1 nmod _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 16 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 ccomp _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 39 amod _ _ 39 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 43 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 44 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nsubj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 iobj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 ccomp _ _ 53 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 52 acl:relcl _ _ 56 than than ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | shall | One of these | | servant | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the thousand gold pieces | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **offer** *in a quote* | past | I | the thousand gold pieces | | | | for your daughter's hand *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent that=Theme for hand=Goal | | 5 | **continue** | shall | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hold out** | gerund | | the second purse | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | another thousand | | you | | | show *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this basket *= basket* | a man | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a man | | | | | than servant's word; good *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **word** *in a quote* | | servant | | | | | | nom word «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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/)