--- title: "Since I must die," he said, "before I choose the manner of my death… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Since I must die," he said, "before I choose the manner of my death, I conjure you on your honour to tell me if you really were in that vase?" Who acts: Fisherman, you, my, 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 (Fisherman, you, my, 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:pg128:3:110 # text = "Since I must die," he said, "before I choose the manner of my death, I conjure you on your honour to tell me if you really were in that vase?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Since since SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 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 , _ 22 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 before before SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 conjure conjure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 32 really really ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 vase vase NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** *in a quote* | must | Fisherman | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Fisherman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **choose** *in a quote* | present | Fisherman | the manner of my death | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | | 4 | **conjure** *in a quote* | present | Fisherman | you | | your honour | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Result | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Fisherman *not said here* | | Fisherman | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | you | | | that vase | | | tree rules | | 7 | **die** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **honour** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom honour «state 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/111/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/)