--- title: "Commander of the Faithful," said he, "I have taken on myself to rem… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Commander of the Faithful," said he, "I have taken on myself to remind your Highness that you have undertaken secretly to observe for yourself the manner in which justice is done and order is kept throughout the city. Who acts: Commander. 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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 (Commander), 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:pg128:32:116 # text = "Commander of the Faithful," said he, "I have taken on myself to remind your Highness that you have undertaken secretly to observe for yourself the manner in which justice is done and order is kept throughout the city. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Commander Commander PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 remind remind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 Highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 undertaken undertake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 34 det _ _ 34 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 41 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Commander of the Faithful | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Commander of the Faithful *= commander* | | | | | on Commander of the Faithful *= commander* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on myself=Destination | | 3 | **remind** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Commander of the Faithful *= commander* *not said here* | | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **undertake** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | your Highness | | | | secretly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **observe** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the manner | | which justice | | for yourself | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent manner=Location for yourself=Theme | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | present · passive | | your Highness | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **keep** *in a quote* | present · passive | | order | | the city | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme throughout city=Location | 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/117/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/)