--- title: "Well, I don't wish to seem obstinate," replied Danhasch, "the best… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Well, I don't wish to seem obstinate," replied Danhasch, "the best plan to test the truth of what I say will be for you to let me take you to see the princess for yourself." Who acts: Danhasch, you. 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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 (Danhasch, you), 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:pg128:23:56 # text = "Well, I don't wish to seem obstinate," replied Danhasch, "the best plan to test the truth of what I say will be for you to let me take you to see the princess for yourself." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 obstinate obstinate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 13 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 Danhasch Danhasch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 amod _ _ 19 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 test test VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nmod _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wish** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Danhasch | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **seem** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Danhasch *not said here* | | | | | obstinate *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Danhasch | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **test** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Danhasch *not said here* | the truth | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Danhasch | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | let *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | you | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | | 8 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the princess | | | | for yourself | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/)