--- title: "There is no need for me to look longer," said Danhasch, "my first i… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "There is no need for me to look longer," said Danhasch, "my first impression will remain the same; but of course, charming Maimoune, I am ready to yield to you if you insist on it." Who acts: need, Danhasch, first impression, 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 (need, Danhasch, first impression, 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:pg128:23:71 # text = "There is no need for me to look longer," said Danhasch, "my first impression will remain the same; but of course, charming Maimoune, I am ready to yield to you if you insist on it." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 10 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 13 said say 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 , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 amod _ _ 19 impression impression NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 29 advmod _ _ 27 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 charming charm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 30 Maimoune Maimoune PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 yield yield VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 insist insist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | no need for me | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | no need for me *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Danhasch | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **remain** *in a quote* | future | my first impression | the same | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme same=Attribute | | 5 | **charm** *in a quote* | gerund | Danhasch *not said here* | Maimoune | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus maimoune=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Danhasch | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **yield** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Danhasch *not said here* | | you | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to you=Pivot | | 8 | **insist** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | impression | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **impress** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom impression «cognition transitive»: 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/)