--- title: But the fact that I have told you of its existence shows that I had… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: But the fact that I have told you of its existence shows that I had confidence in you, and that I hoped to earn your gratitude for ever, by making your fortune as well as mine. Who acts: I, fact. 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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, fact), 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:pg128:33:44 # text = But the fact that I have told you of its existence shows that I had confidence in you, and that I hoped to earn your gratitude for ever, by making your fortune as well as mine. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 16 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 earn earn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 by by SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 38 cc _ _ 36 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 fixed _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 38 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | the fact *not said here* | you | | | of fact's existence | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **show** | present | the fact | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | past | I | confidence | | | | in you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Patient | | 4 | **hope** | past | I | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **earn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | your gratitude | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme for ever=Source | | 6 | **make** | gerund | I *not said here* | your fortune | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fortune=Product | | 7 | **exist** | | fact | | | | | | nom existence «state 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/)