--- title: However he would not have recourse to extreme measures, so he said:… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: However he would not have recourse to extreme measures, so he said: "I do not wish to force you; I will give you time to reflect, but remember that such a step is necessary, for a prince such as you who will some day be called to rule over a great kingdom." Who acts: answer, step. 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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 (answer, step), 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:pg128:22:85 # text = However he would not have recourse to extreme measures, so he said: "I do not wish to force you; I will give you time to reflect, but remember that such a step is necessary, for a prince such as you who will some day be called to rule over a great kingdom." 1 However however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 recourse recourse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 extreme extreme ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 measures measure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 force force VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 reflect reflect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 37 det:predet _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 44 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 46 case _ _ 45 as as ADP IN _ 44 fixed _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 49 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 50 det _ _ 50 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 55 over over ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **have** | would | answer | recourse | | | | to extreme measures; however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | answer | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **wish** *in a quote* | present · do-support | answer | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **force** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | answer *not said here* | | you | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | future | answer | | you | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 6 | **reflect** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | answer *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **remember** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | such step | | | | | necessary *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **call** *in a quote* | future · passive | | a prince such you | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **rule** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | a great kingdom | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/86/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/)