--- title: No doubt, in the eyes of men, it has none; but I look on it as a sli… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: No doubt, in the eyes of men, it has none; but I look on it as a slight expiation for a fearful sin of which I have been guilty, and if your Highness will deign to listen to my tale, you will see that no punishment could atone for the crime." Who acts: doubt, I, Highness, 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 (doubt, I, Highness, 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:pg128:33:28 # text = No doubt, in the eyes of men, it has none; but I look on it as a slight expiation for a fearful sin of which I have been guilty, and if your Highness will deign to listen to my tale, you will see that no punishment could atone for the crime." 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 slight slight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 expiation expiation NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obl _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 cop _ _ 32 guilty guilty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 Highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 deign deign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 51 det _ _ 51 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 atone atone VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 ccomp _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | no doubt and the eyes of men | none | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient | | 2 | **look** | present | I | | | | | as a slight expiation for a fearful sin; on action | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on it=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present · perfect | I | | | | | of a fearful sin; guilty *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **deign** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | your Highness | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **listen** | to-infinitive | your Highness *not said here* | | | | | to my tale | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to tale=Theme | | 6 | **see** | future | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **atone** | could | no punishment | | | | | for the crime | tree rules | | 8 | **tell** | | my | | | | | | nom tale «communication 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/)