--- title: "I am an astrologer and I come to restore health to the Princess Bad… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "I am an astrologer and I come to restore health to the Princess Badoura, daughter of the high and mighty King of China, on the conditions laid down by His Majesty of marrying her should I succeed, or of losing my life if I fail." Who acts: Marzavan, Majesty, conditions. A sentence of «The Arabian N --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/) / 16 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 25, sentence 16 "I am an astrologer and I come to restore health to the Princess Badoura, daughter of the high and mighty King of China, on the conditions laid down by His Majesty of marrying her should I succeed, or of losing my life if I fail." **Who acts:** Marzavan, Majesty, conditions · **What happens:** be, come, restore, lay down, marry, succeed · **To what, where:** astrologer, health, Princess Badoura, conditions, Majesty, life This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Marzavan, Majesty, conditions), 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:pg128:25:16 # text = "I am an astrologer and I come to restore health to the Princess Badoura, daughter of the high and mighty King of China, on the conditions laid down by His Majesty of marrying her should I succeed, or of losing my life if I fail." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 astrologer astrologer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Badoura Badoura PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 23 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 30 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 down down ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 marrying marry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 of of SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 if if SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 fail fail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Marzavan | a astrologer | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** *in a quote* | present | Marzavan | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **restore** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Marzavan *not said here* | health | the Princess Badoura and daughter of the high King of China | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent health=Theme to badoura=Recipient | | 4 | **lay down** *in a quote* | participle | | the conditions *not said here* | | | | by astrologer's Majesty | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by majesty=Destination | | 5 | **marry** *in a quote* | gerund | astrologer's Majesty *not said here* | Majesty | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 6 | **succeed** *in a quote* | should | the conditions | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lose** *in a quote* | gerund | Marzavan *not said here* | my life | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality | | 8 | **fail** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Marzavan | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/17/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/)