--- title: "Had I but followed your advice, beautiful Persian," he said, "all t… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Had I but followed your advice, beautiful Persian," he said, "all this would not have happened, but at least I have this consolation, that I have spent my fortune in the company of friends who will not desert me in an hour of need. Who acts: One, this, friends. 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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 (One, this, friends), 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:pg128:28:106 # text = "Had I but followed your advice, beautiful Persian," he said, "all this would not have happened, but at least I have this consolation, that I have spent my fortune in the company of friends who will not desert me in an hour of need. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Persian persian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 18 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux _ _ 22 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 obl _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 consolation consolation NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 parataxis _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 desert desert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl:relcl _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | | One | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 2 | **follow** *in a quote* | past | | your advice | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | One | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **happen** *in a quote* | would · perfect | this | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | One | this consolation | | least | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consolation=Patient | | 6 | **spend** *in a quote* | present · perfect | One | my fortune | | the company of friends | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Asset | | 7 | **not** **desert** *in a quote* | future | friends | One | | | hour | | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme i=Source | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/)