--- title: "Madam," said the prince, "I have no wish to survive the king, my fa… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Madam," said the prince, "I have no wish to survive the king, my father, but should I do so I will try to reign in such a manner as may be considered worthy of my predecessors." Who acts: Madam, wish. 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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 (Madam, wish), 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:pg128:23:2 # text = "Madam," said the prince, "I have no wish to survive the king, my father, but should I do so I will try to reign in such a manner as may be considered worthy of my predecessors." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 survive survive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 25 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 reign reign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 40 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 predecessors predecessor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Madam | the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Madam | no wish | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **survive** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | no wish *not said here* | the king and my father | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme king=Circumstance | | 4 | **try** *in a quote* | should · future · do-support | Madam | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **reign** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Madam *not said here* | | | such manner | | | tree rules | | 6 | **consider** *in a quote* | may · passive | Madam *not said here* | | | | | worthy *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S» | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/)