--- title: I am not Prince Camaralzaman, but a princess like yourself and his w… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I am not Prince Camaralzaman, but a princess like yourself and his wife, and I beg you to listen to my story, then I am sure you will forgive my imposture, in consideration of my sufferings." Who acts: I, you, my. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 26, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/35/) [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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/) / 35 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 26, sentence 35 I am not Prince Camaralzaman, but a princess like yourself and his wife, and I beg you to listen to my story, then I am sure you will forgive my imposture, in consideration of my sufferings." **Who acts:** I, you, my · **What happens:** not be, beg, listen, be, forgive, consider · **To what, where:** Camaralzaman, you, imposture, sufferings This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, my), 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:pg128:26:35 # text = I am not Prince Camaralzaman, but a princess like yourself and his wife, and I beg you to listen to my story, then I am sure you will forgive my imposture, in consideration of my sufferings." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:desc _ _ 5 Camaralzaman Camaralzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 advcl _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 imposture imposture NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 consideration consideration NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 parataxis _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sufferings suffering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | I | Camaralzaman | | | | like yourself; Prince *nmod:desc* | tree rules | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | I | | you | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 3 | **listen** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | to my story | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to story=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | I | | | | then | sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **forgive** | future | you | my imposture | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent imposture=Theme | | 6 | **consider** | | | my sufferings | | | | | nom consideration «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **suffer** | | my | | | | | | nom suffering «state intransitive»: 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/36/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/)