--- title: Then he said to my brother, "Why don't you wash your hands too?" and… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Then he said to my brother, "Why don't you wash your hands too?" and Schacabac, supposing that it was a joke on the part of the Barmecide (though he could see none himself), drew near, and imitated his motion. Who acts: water, brother, you, hand. 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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 (water, brother, you, hand), 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:pg128:21:106 # text = Then he said to my brother, "Why don't you wash your hands too?" and Schacabac, supposing that it was a joke on the part of the Barmecide (though he could see none himself), drew near, and imitated his motion. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 10 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 too too ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 Schacabac Schacabac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 supposing suppose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Barmecide barmecide NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 though though SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 39 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 38 obj _ _ 40 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 near near ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 imitated imitate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | water | | my brother | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **wash** *in a quote* | present · do-support | my brother *= brother* | your hands | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **suppose** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | hand | a joke | | the part of the Barmecide | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | could | water | none | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer none=Stimulus | | 6 | **draw** | past | water *not said here* | | | | | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **imitate** | past | water *not said here* | water's motion | | | | | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent motion=Theme | | 8 | **motion** | | water | | | | | | nom motion «communication intransitive»: 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/)