--- title: "Commander of the Faithful," he said, "I must tell you that four or… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Commander of the Faithful," he said, "I must tell you that four or five days ago Scheih Ibrahim told me that he wished to have an assembly of the ministers of his mosque, and asked permission to hold it in the pavilion. Who acts: Commander, Scheih, permission. 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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 (Commander, Scheih, permission), 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:pg128:29:97 # text = "Commander of the Faithful," he said, "I must tell you that four or five days ago Scheih Ibrahim told me that he wished to have an assembly of the ministers of his mosque, and asked permission to hold it in the pavilion. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Commander Commander PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 17 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 conj _ _ 20 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 ago ago ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 Scheih Scheih PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 Ibrahim Ibrahim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 flat _ _ 24 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 mosque mosque NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 42 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 pavilion pavilion NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Commander of the Faithful | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | must | Commander of the Faithful *= commander* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Scheih | | Commander of the Faithful *= commander* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **wish** *in a quote* | past | Scheih | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **have** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Scheih *not said here* | a assembly of the ministers of Scheih's mosque | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assembly=Patient | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | Commander of the Faithful *not said here* | permission | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent permission=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **hold** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | permission *not said here* | permission | | the pavilion | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pavilion=Location | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/98/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/)