--- title: "My brother," I said, "I am unwilling to part from you without point… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "My brother," I said, "I am unwilling to part from you without pointing out what I think you scarcely grasp, that large experience of camel-driving is necessary to anybody who intends to keep together a troop of thirty. Who acts: brother, scarcely grasp. 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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 (brother, scarcely grasp), 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:pg128:33:80 # text = "My brother," I said, "I am unwilling to part from you without pointing out what I think you scarcely grasp, that large experience of camel-driving is necessary to anybody who intends to keep together a troop of thirty. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 unwilling unwill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 advcl _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 17 without without SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 obj _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 scarcely scarcely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 grasp grasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 28 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 experience experience NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 driving driving NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 ccomp _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 35 obl _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 intends intend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 together together ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | My brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **unwill** *in a quote* | present · progressive | My brother *= brother* | | | | | from you | tree rules | | 3 | **point out** *in a quote* | gerund | My brother *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | My brother *= brother* | you | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | scarcely grasp and that large experience of camel driving | | | | | to anybody; necessary *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **intend** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **keep together** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a troop of thirty | | | | together *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent troop=Theme | | 8 | **experience** *in a quote* | | | camel driving | | | | | nom experience «cognition 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/)