--- title: However, far from refusing it, the dervish at once held it out, sayi… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: However, far from refusing it, the dervish at once held it out, saying gracefully, "Take it, my friend, and if there is anything else I can do to make you happy you must let me know." Who acts: anything, I, you, me. 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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 (anything, I, you, me), 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:pg128:33:96 # text = However, far from refusing it, the dervish at once held it out, saying gracefully, "Take it, my friend, and if there is anything else I can do to make you happy you must let me know." 1 However however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 4 from from SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 refusing refuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 at at SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 12 advmod _ _ 12 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 17 gracefully gracefully ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 30 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 nsubj _ _ 31 else else ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 parataxis _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | gerund | | possession | | | | the dervish *obl*; far, however *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **hold out** | past | | possession | | | | once *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | gracefully *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | possession | | | | my friend *vocative* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | anything | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | can | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | | 8 | **let** *in a quote* | must | you | me | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **know** *in a quote* | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/97/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/33/)