--- title: "Madam," said the princess, "I perceive that your Majesty wishes to… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Madam," said the princess, "I perceive that your Majesty wishes to make game of me, but I can assure you that I will never marry anyone except the charming young man whom I saw last night. Who acts: Madam, Majesty. 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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, Majesty), 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:pg128:24:53 # text = "Madam," said the princess, "I perceive that your Majesty wishes to make game of me, but I can assure you that I will never marry anyone except the charming young man whom I saw last night. 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 princess princess 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 perceive perceive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 18 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 assure assure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 32 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 31 obj _ _ 33 except except ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 36 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 38 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . 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 princess | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **perceive** *in a quote* | present | Madam | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | your Majesty | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **make** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | game of me | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset game=Product | | 5 | **assure** *in a quote* | can | Madam | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 6 | **not** **marry** *in a quote* | future | Madam | anyone | | | | except the charming young man | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Madam | the charming young man | | | night | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)