--- title: But before I reveal to you the secret of the treasure, you must swea… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: But before I reveal to you the secret of the treasure, you must swear that, after we have loaded the camels with as much as they can carry, you will give half to me, and let us go our own ways. Who acts: I, you, we, camels. 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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, you, we, camels), 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:pg128:33:45 # text = But before I reveal to you the secret of the treasure, you must swear that, after we have loaded the camels with as much as they can carry, you will give half to me, and let us go our own ways. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reveal reveal VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 after after SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 as as ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 35 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 41 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reveal** | present | I | the secret of the treasure | you | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Topic to you=Recipient | | 2 | **swear** | must | you | that | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 3 | **load** | present · perfect | we | the camels | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent camel=Theme | | 4 | **carry** | can | camels *= camel* | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **give** | future | you | half | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent half=Theme to i=Recipient | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* | our own ways | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/)