--- title: I shall return home with the same pomp as I set out, and my wife wil… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I shall return home with the same pomp as I set out, and my wife will send an officer to compliment me on my visit to her father, and I shall confer on the officer the honour of a rich dress and a handsome gift. Who acts: I, wife, my. 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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, wife, my), 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:pg128:20:54 # text = I shall return home with the same pomp as I set out, and my wife will send an officer to compliment me on my visit to her father, and I shall confer on the officer the honour of a rich dress and a handsome gift. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 pomp pomp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 compliment compliment VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 confer confer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | shall | I | | | | | with the same pomp; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **set out** | past | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **send** | future | my wife | a officer | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent officer=Theme | | 4 | **compliment** | to-infinitive | my wife *not said here* | me | | my visit to wife's father | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **confer** | shall | I | | | | | on the officer and the honour of a rich dress and a handsome gift | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on officer=Topic | | 6 | **visit** | | my | | | | | to wife's father | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | | 7 | **honour** | | | a rich dress and a handsome gift | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/55/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/)