--- title: "If the circumstances are really such as we have heard," replied the… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "If the circumstances are really such as we have heard," replied the grand-vizir, "it seems to me your Highness could only follow the example of this boy, in the method of reasoning, and also in your conclusions." Who acts: circumstances, we, grand vizir, it. 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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 (circumstances, we, grand vizir, it), 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:pg128:37:17 # text = "If the circumstances are really such as we have heard," replied the grand-vizir, "it seems to me your Highness could only follow the example of this boy, in the method of reasoning, and also in your conclusions." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 14 advcl _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 14 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 Highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 method method NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 parataxis _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 reasoning reasoning NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 also also ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 conclusions conclusion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the circumstances | | | | | such *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the grand vizir | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **seem** *in a quote* | present | it | | the grand vizir *= vizir* | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **follow** *in a quote* | could | your Highness | the example of this boy | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent example=Theme | | 6 | **exemplify** *in a quote* | | | this boy | | | | | nom example «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **conclude** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom conclusion «cognition 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/18/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/)