--- title: "Baba-Abdalla," returned the Caliph, "your way of asking alms yester… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Baba-Abdalla," returned the Caliph, "your way of asking alms yesterday seemed to me so strange, that I almost commanded you then and there to cease from causing such a public scandal. Who acts: Baba, way, Caliph. 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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 (Baba, way, Caliph), 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:pg128:33:22 # text = "Baba-Abdalla," returned the Caliph, "your way of asking alms yesterday seemed to me so strange, that I almost commanded you then and there to cease from causing such a public scandal. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Baba Baba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Abdalla Abdalla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 7 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 16 alms alm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 17 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 almost almost ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 34 from from SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 causing cause VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 36 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 39 det:predet _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 scandal scandal NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | Baba and Abdalla | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund | your way *not said here* | alms | | | yesterday | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent alm=Recipient | | 3 | **seem** *in a quote* | past | the Caliph | | Baba and Abdalla *= baba* | | | strange *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **command** *in a quote* | past | Baba and Abdalla *= baba* | you | | | then | almost *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **cease** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Baba and Abdalla *= baba* *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **cause** *in a quote* | gerund | Baba and Abdalla *= baba* *not said here* | such public scandal | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition scandal=Patient | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/)