--- title: You had better therefore take a good rest whilst I go to see some fr… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: You had better therefore take a good rest whilst I go to see some friends, and as the time is near for the arrival of the ship of which I told you I will make inquiries about it, and try to bespeak a passage for you." Who acts: You, I. 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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, I), 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:pg128:26:41 # text = You had better therefore take a good rest whilst I go to see some friends, and as the time is near for the arrival of the ship of which I told you I will make inquiries about it, and try to bespeak a passage for you." 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 4 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 15 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 22 near near ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obl _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 37 inquiries inquiry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 38 about about ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 bespeak bespeak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | infinitive | You *not said here* | a good rest | | | | therefore, well *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme | | 3 | **go** | present | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | some friends | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | time | for the arrival; of the ship; near *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | you | | | of the ship | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **make** | future | I | inquiries | | | | about ship | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inquiry=Product | | 8 | **try** | infinitive | You *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **bespeak** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | a passage | | | | for you | tree rules | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/42/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/)