--- title: I do not order you to insist upon the young magician finding the mea… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I do not order you to insist upon the young magician finding the means to restore your wife to her human shape, because I know that when once women such as she begin to work evil they never leave off, and I should only bring down on your head a vengeance far worse than the one you have undergone alr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/100/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/) / 100 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 35, sentence 100 I do not order you to insist upon the young magician finding the means to restore your wife to her human shape, because I know that when once women such as she begin to work evil they never leave off, and I should only bring down on your head a vengeance far worse than the one you have undergone already." **Who acts:** I, young magician, the, women, animals, you · **What happens:** not order, insist, find, mean, restore, know · **To what, where:** you, wife, human shape, evil, vengeance, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, young magician, the, women), 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:pg128:35:100 # text = I do not order you to insist upon the young magician finding the means to restore your wife to her human shape, because I know that when once women such as she begin to work evil they never leave off, and I should only bring down on your head a vengeance far worse than the one you have undergone already." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 order order VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 insist insist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 nsubj _ _ 14 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 because because SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 28 when when SCONJ WRB _ 34 mark _ _ 29 once once SCONJ IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 31 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 begin begin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 off off ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 only only ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 48 down down ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 54 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 55 advmod _ _ 55 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 53 acl:relcl _ _ 56 than than ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 undergone undergo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 58 acl:relcl _ _ 62 already already ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **order** | present · do-support | I | | you | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **insist** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | upon the young magician | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **find** | gerund | the young magician *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **mean** | present | the | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **restore** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the *not said here* | your wife | story's human shape | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wife=Theme to shape=Recipient | | 6 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **begin** | present | women | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **work** | to-infinitive | women *not said here* | evil | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent evil=Material | | 9 | **not** **leave off** | present | animals *= animal* | evil *not said here* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Theme | | 10 | **bring down** | should | I | a vengeance | | your head | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent vengeance=Theme on head=Destination | | 11 | **undergo** | present · perfect | you | the one *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/101/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/)