--- title: "If you insist upon it I will do it," answered the dervish, "but you… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "If you insist upon it I will do it," answered the dervish, "but you must remember what I told you just now--that if it touches your right eye you will become blind on the spot." Who acts: you, dervish, eye. 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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 (you, dervish, eye), 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:pg128:34:4 # text = "If you insist upon it I will do it," answered the dervish, "but you must remember what I told you just now--that if it touches your right eye you will become blind on the spot." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 insist insist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 13 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 just just ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 touches touch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 39 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **insist** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | upon eye | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | future | the dervish *= dervish* | eye | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the dervish | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **remember** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the dervish *= dervish* | | you | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 6 | **touch** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | eye | your right eye | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Co-Theme | | 7 | **become** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | blind *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/)