--- title: The gardener who took my passage is ill and cannot see you, but plea… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The gardener who took my passage is ill and cannot see you, but please come in and take these jars of olives and my bag, and I will follow as soon as I have taken leave of him." Who acts: gardener, I, my. 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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 (gardener, I, 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:pg128:26:85 # text = The gardener who took my passage is ill and cannot see you, but please come in and take these jars of olives and my bag, and I will follow as soon as I have taken leave of him." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 please please INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ _ 17 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 in in ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 21 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 jars jar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 olives olive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 33 as as ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 39 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the gardener | my passage | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the gardener | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **see** | can | the gardener *not said here* | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 4 | **come in** | infinitive | the gardener *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | the gardener *not said here* | this jars of olives and my bag | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jar=Theme | | 6 | **follow** | future | I | | | | | soon *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **take** | present · perfect | I | leave of gardener | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 8 | **pass** | | my | | | | | | nom passage «act 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/86/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/)