--- title: This is the day you have set apart to devote to this object, and per… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: This is the day you have set apart to devote to this object, and perhaps in fulfilling this duty you may find some distraction from the melancholy to which, as I see to my sorrow, you are a prey." Who acts: This, day, you, I. 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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 (This, day, 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:pg128:32:117 # text = This is the day you have set apart to devote to this object, and perhaps in fulfilling this duty you may find some distraction from the melancholy to which, as I see to my sorrow, you are a prey." 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 apart apart ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 devote devote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 in in SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 fulfilling fulfil VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 distraction distraction NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 melancholy melancholy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | This | the day | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **set apart** | present · perfect · passive | the day *not said here* | you | | | | apart *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **devote** | to-infinitive | the day *not said here* | | | | | to this object *goal* | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent to object=Goal | | 4 | **fulfil** | gerund | This *not said here* | this duty | | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | may | you | some distraction | | the melancholy | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent distraction=Theme from melancholy=Source | | 6 | **see** | present | I | | | | | to the melancholy; to my sorrow | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | present | you | a prey | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **sorrow** | | my | | | | | | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/118/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/)