--- title: No food was brought, but the Barmecide pretended to help himself fro… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: No food was brought, but the Barmecide pretended to help himself from a dish, and carry a morsel to his mouth, saying as he did so, "Eat, my friend, eat, I entreat. Who acts: Barmecide, I. 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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 (Barmecide, I), 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:pg128:21:108 # text = No food was brought, but the Barmecide pretended to help himself from a dish, and carry a morsel to his mouth, saying as he did so, "Eat, my friend, eat, I entreat. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Barmecide Barmecide PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 morsel morsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 entreat entreat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · passive | | no food | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **pretend** | past | the Barmecide | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | the Barmecide *not said here* | Barmecide | | a dish | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary | | 4 | **carry** | infinitive | | a morsel | | Barmecide's mouth | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent morsel=Theme to mouth=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** | past | Barmecide | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **eat** *in a quote* | infinitive | | my friend | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **eat** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **entreat** *in a quote* | infinitive | I | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/109/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/)