--- title: "Wretch!" he cried, "is it not enough that I have done everything fo… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Wretch!" he cried, "is it not enough that I have done everything for you, but you must command me to bring my master and hang him up in the midst of this dome? Who acts: genie, hall, 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 (genie, hall, 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:pg128:32:99 # text = "Wretch!" he cried, "is it not enough that I have done everything for you, but you must command me to bring my master and hang him up in the midst of this dome? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Wretch wretch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 17 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 16 obj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 command command VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 dome dome NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | genie | Wretch | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | hall | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect | genie | everything | | | | for you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | | 4 | **command** *in a quote* | must | you | genie | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **bring** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | my master | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent master=Theme | | 6 | **hang up** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | genie | | the midst of this dome | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in midst=Destination | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/100/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/)