--- title: When I know the reason I shall be able to judge whether you can be p… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When I know the reason I shall be able to judge whether you can be permitted to continue to practise it, for I cannot help thinking that it sets a very bad example to others. Who acts: I, reason. 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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 (I, reason), 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:pg128:33:24 # text = When I know the reason I shall be able to judge whether you can be permitted to continue to practise it, for I cannot help thinking that it sets a very bad example to others. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 permitted permit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 practise practise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 28 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 xcomp _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sets set VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | I | the reason | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | shall | I | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **judge** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **permit** | can · passive | | you | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **continue** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **practise** | to-infinitive | | reason | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **help** | can | I | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **set** | present | reason | a bad example | | | | to others | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient example=Result | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/)