--- title: But though I was safe for the moment, I was not destined to remain l… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: But though I was safe for the moment, I was not destined to remain long under his protection, for he was one of those who hold all dogs to be unclean, and that all the washing in the world will hardly purify you from their contact. Who acts: I, dog, washing, heels. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/16/) [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/) / 16 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 35, sentence 16 But though I was safe for the moment, I was not destined to remain long under his protection, for he was one of those who hold all dogs to be unclean, and that all the washing in the world will hardly purify you from their contact. **Who acts:** I, dog, washing, heels · **What happens:** be, not destine, remain, hold, purify, protect · **To what, where:** I, protection, dogs, you 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, dog, washing, heels), 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:pg128:35:16 # text = But though I was safe for the moment, I was not destined to remain long under his protection, for he was one of those who hold all dogs to be unclean, and that all the washing in the world will hardly purify you from their contact. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 advcl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 destined destine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 17 under under ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 parataxis _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 nmod _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 33 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 washing washing NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 purify purify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 contact contact NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | | | | moment | safe *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **destine** | past · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **remain** | to-infinitive | | | | dog's protection | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under protection=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | dog | | | | | for one; of those | tree rules | | 5 | **hold** | present | | all dogs | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | unclean *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **purify** | future | all washing in the world | you | | | | from heels's contact; hardly *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer you=Source from contact=Theme | | 8 | **protect** | | dog | | | | | | nom protection «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **contact** | | heels *= heel* | | | | | | nom contact «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/17/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/)