--- title: My friend," he cried, "you will be astonished to see me again, but I… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: My friend," he cried, "you will be astonished to see me again, but I can find nowhere in this vase a thousand pieces of gold that I placed in the bottom under the olives. Who acts: friend, you, I. 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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 (friend, you, I), 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:pg128:36:57 # text = My friend," he cried, "you will be astonished to see me again, but I can find nowhere in this vase a thousand pieces of gold that I placed in the bottom under the olives. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 again again ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 22 nowhere nowhere ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 vase vase NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 under under ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 olives olive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | My friend | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | future | you | | | | | astonished *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **find** | can | I | | | this vase a thousand pieces of gold | | nowhere *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **place** | past | I | a thousand pieces of gold | | the bottom | | under the olives | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent that=Theme in bottom=Destination | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/)