--- title: "After all you tell me," remarked the king, "I can no longer doubt y… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "After all you tell me," remarked the king, "I can no longer doubt your word; but how and whence the lady came, or why she should have stayed so short a time I cannot imagine. Who acts: you, king, I, lady. 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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 (you, king, I, lady), 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:pg128:24:31 # text = "After all you tell me," remarked the king, "I can no longer doubt your word; but how and whence the lady came, or why she should have stayed so short a time I cannot imagine. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 remarked remark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 no no ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 18 advmod _ _ 18 doubt doubt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux _ _ 35 stayed stay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | | the king *= king* | | after all | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **remark** *speech: assert* | participle | the king | | | | | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **doubt** *in a quote* | can | I | your word | | | | long *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the lady | | | | | whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **stay** *in a quote* | should · perfect | lady | | | | | short *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **imagine** *in a quote* | can | I | a time *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot time=Theme | | 7 | **word** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom word «communication 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)