--- title: "My lords, I introduce to you a new colleague, Camaralzaman, whom I… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "My lords, I introduce to you a new colleague, Camaralzaman, whom I have known on my travels and who, I can assure you, you will find well deserves your regard and admiration." Who acts: lords, you, your. 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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 (lords, you, your), 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:pg128:27:48 # text = "My lords, I introduce to you a new colleague, Camaralzaman, whom I have known on my travels and who, I can assure you, you will find well deserves your regard and admiration." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 introduce introduce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 colleague colleague NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Camaralzaman Camaralzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 19 on on SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 assure assure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 33 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 deserves deserve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 regard regard NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **introduce** *in a quote* | present | My lords | a new colleague | you | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent colleague=Patient to you=Co-Patient | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | a new colleague | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **travel** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **assure** *in a quote* | can | | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 5 | **find** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **deserve** *in a quote* | present | | your regard and admiration | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **regard** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom regard «cognition transitive»: 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/)