--- title: Then turning to the Persian he said: "Fair lady, now you know who I… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Then turning to the Persian he said: "Fair lady, now you know who I am; learn also that I have sent Noureddin to Balsora to be king, and as soon as all necessary preparations are made I will send you there to be queen. Who acts: hand, 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 (hand, 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:pg128:30:50 # text = Then turning to the Persian he said: "Fair lady, now you know who I am; learn also that I have sent Noureddin to Balsora to be king, and as soon as all necessary preparations are made I will send you there to be queen. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Persian Persian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 15 ccomp _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 18 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 20 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 21 also also ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 26 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Balsora Balsora PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 38 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 advcl _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 cop _ _ 49 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | gerund | hand *not said here* | | | | then | to the Persian *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to persian=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | hand | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | Fair lady *not said here* | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | hand | Fair lady | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **learn** *in a quote* | infinitive | hand *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **send** *in a quote* | present · perfect | hand | Noureddin | Balsora | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent noureddin=Theme to balsora=Destination | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | hand *not said here* | king | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | present · passive | | all necessary preparations | | | | soon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 9 | **send** *in a quote* | future | hand | | you | there | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | hand *not said here* | queen | | | | | tree rules | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/51/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/)