--- title: "My lord," she said, "I know that the late vizir, your father, bough… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "My lord," she said, "I know that the late vizir, your father, bought me for 10,000 gold pieces, and though I have diminished in value since, I should still fetch a large sum. Who acts: she, I, late vizir. 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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 (she, I, late vizir), 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:pg128:29:5 # text = "My lord," she said, "I know that the late vizir, your father, bought me for 10,000 gold pieces, and though I have diminished in value since, I should still fetch a large sum. 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 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 10,000 10000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 24 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 though though SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 diminished diminish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 since since ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 still still ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **buy** *in a quote* | past | the late vizir | | me | | | for 10,000 gold pieces | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent i=Theme for piece=Beneficiary | | 4 | **diminish** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | | | value | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **fetch** *in a quote* | should | I | a large sum | | | still | since *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Theme | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/)