--- title: But I do know that it was even more marvellous than either of the ot… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: But I do know that it was even more marvellous than either of the others, so that the genius was astonished, and said to the third old man, "I will give up to you the third part of the merchant's punishment. Who acts: I, other two, genius, merchant. 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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 (I, other two, genius, merchant), 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:pg128:3:49 # text = But I do know that it was even more marvellous than either of the others, so that the genius was astonished, and said to the third old man, "I will give up to you the third part of the merchant's punishment. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 11 than than ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 10 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 22 mark _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 amod _ _ 29 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 41 amod _ _ 41 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | other two *= two* | | | | | than either; marvellous *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the genius | | | | | astonished *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | the third old man | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient | | 5 | **give up** *in a quote* | future | I | the third part of the merchant's punishment | the third old man *= man* | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent part=Theme to you=Recipient | | 6 | **punish** *in a quote* | | the merchant | | | | | | nom punishment «act 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/50/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/)