--- title: Sire," said he, "I know that no physician has been able to cure your… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Sire," said he, "I know that no physician has been able to cure your majesty, but if you will follow my instructions, I will promise to cure you without any medicines or outward application." Who acts: Sire, physician, you, I. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/130/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/) / 130 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 3, sentence 130 Sire," said he, "I know that no physician has been able to cure your majesty, but if you will follow my instructions, I will promise to cure you without any medicines or outward application." **Who acts:** Sire, physician, you, I, my · **What happens:** say, know, be, cure, follow, promise · **To what, where:** majesty, instructions, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sire, physician, you, I), 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:pg128:3:130 # text = Sire," said he, "I know that no physician has been able to cure your majesty, but if you will follow my instructions, I will promise to cure you without any medicines or outward application." 1 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 physician physician NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 15 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 instructions instruction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 without without ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 medicines medicine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 outward outward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 application application NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Sire | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** | present | sire | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | present · perfect | no physician | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **cure** | to-infinitive | no physician *not said here* | your majesty | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer majesty=Source | | 5 | **follow** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | my instructions | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | future | I | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **cure** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | without any medicines or outward application | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer you=Source | | 8 | **instruct** | | my | | | | | | nom instruction «communication 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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/131/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/)