--- title: Certainly my offer does not sound very magnificent, but it was great… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Certainly my offer does not sound very magnificent, but it was great to me, for at his words a wave of covetousness had swept over my heart, and I almost felt as if the seventy-nine camels that were left were nothing in comparison. Who acts: offer, words, I, seventy. 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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 (offer, words, I, seventy), 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:pg128:33:40 # text = Certainly my offer does not sound very magnificent, but it was great to me, for at his words a wave of covetousness had swept over my heart, and I almost felt as if the seventy-nine camels that were left were nothing in comparison. 1 Certainly certainly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 covetousness covetousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 27 over over ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 almost almost ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 seventy seventy NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 34 advcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 comparison comparison NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sound** | present · do-support | my offer | | | | | for Balsora's words; magnificent *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | offer | | me | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sweep** | past · perfect · passive | Balsora's words *not said here* | a wave of covetousness | | my heart | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme over heart=Trajectory | | 4 | **feel** | past | I | | | | | almost *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **leave** | past · passive | | nine camels | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | the seventy and nine camels | nothing | | comparison | | | tree rules | | 7 | **offer** | | my | | | | | | nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **word** | | Balsora | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **wave** | | | covetousness | | | | | nom wave «event transitive»: of=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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/)