--- title: "Giafar," replied the Caliph, "you have committed three faults--firs… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Giafar," replied the Caliph, "you have committed three faults--first, in giving the permission; second, in not mentioning it to me; and third, in not investigating the matter more closely. Who acts: Giafar, you. 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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 (Giafar, you), 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:pg128:29:99 # text = "Giafar," replied the Caliph, "you have committed three faults--first, in giving the permission; second, in not mentioning it to me; and third, in not investigating the matter more closely. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Giafar Giafar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 committed committed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 faults fault NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 in in SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 23 second second ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 in in SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 mentioning mention VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 in in SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 investigating investigate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ _ 41 closely closely ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Giafar | the Caliph | | | | second *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | committed three faults | | | | first *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Patient | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | the permission | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme | | 4 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* *in a quote* | gerund | Giafar *not said here* | permission | Giafar | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to i=Recipient | | 5 | **not** **investigate** *in a quote* | gerund | Giafar *not said here* | the matter | | | | closely *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/100/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/)