--- title: Her mother will come to seek me, and, kissing my hands with respect,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Her mother will come to seek me, and, kissing my hands with respect, will say, "My lord" (for she could not dare to risk my anger by using the familiar title of "son-in-law"), "My lord, do not, I implore you, refuse to look upon my daughter or to approach her. Who acts: mother, kissing, 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 (mother, kissing, 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:pg128:20:68 # text = Her mother will come to seek me, and, kissing my hands with respect, will say, "My lord" (for she could not dare to risk my anger by using the familiar title of "son-in-law"), "My lord, do not, I implore you, refuse to look upon my daughter or to approach her. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 kissing kiss VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 csubj _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 24 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 risk risk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 by by SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 familiar familiar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 implore implore VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 refuse refuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 xcomp _ _ 63 upon upon ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 or or CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 approach approach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 conj _ _ 69 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | future | wife's mother | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **seek** | to-infinitive | wife's mother *not said here* | me | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **kiss** | gerund | | my hands | | | | with respect | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hand=Experiencer with respect=Instrument | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | kissing | My lord | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lord=Topic | | 5 | **not** **dare** | could | mother | My lord | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **risk** | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* | my anger | | | | | vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Pivot | | 7 | **use** | gerund | mother *not said here* | the familiar title of law | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent title=Patient | | 8 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **implore** *in a quote* | present | kissing | | you | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 10 | **refuse** *in a quote* | infinitive | kissing *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **not** **look** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | kissing *not said here* | | | | | upon my daughter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon daughter=Theme | | 12 | **approach** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | kissing *not said here* | mother | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 13 | **anger** | | my | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 14 | **title** | | | law | | | | | nom title «communication 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/69/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/)