--- title: "Sire," answered the Indian, to whom the proposal did not seem nearl… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Sire," answered the Indian, to whom the proposal did not seem nearly so generous as it appeared to the king, "I am most grateful to your Highness for your princely offer, and beseech you not to be offended with me if I say that I can only deliver up my horse in exchange for the hand of the princess --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/68/) [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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/) / 68 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 37, sentence 68 "Sire," answered the Indian, to whom the proposal did not seem nearly so generous as it appeared to the king, "I am most grateful to your Highness for your princely offer, and beseech you not to be offended with me if I say that I can only deliver up my horse in exchange for the hand of the princess your daughter." **Who acts:** Sire, proposal, it, your · **What happens:** answer, not seem, appear, be, beseech, not offend · **To what, where:** Indian, you, horse, exchange · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sire, proposal, it, your), 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:pg128:37:68 # text = "Sire," answered the Indian, to whom the proposal did not seem nearly so generous as it appeared to the king, "I am most grateful to your Highness for your princely offer, and beseech you not to be offended with me if I say that I can only deliver up my horse in exchange for the hand of the princess your daughter." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 16 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 generous generous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 30 advmod _ _ 30 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 Highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 princely princely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 beseech beseech VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 offended offend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 only only ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 ccomp _ _ 56 up up ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ _ 57 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ _ 67 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Sire | the Indian | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent indian=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **seem** | past · do-support | the proposal | | | | | generous *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **appear** | past | it | | | | | to the king | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Sire | | | | | to your Highness for your princely offer; grateful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **beseech** *in a quote* | infinitive | the proposal *not said here* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **offend** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | the proposal *not said here* | | | | | with Sire | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Sire | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **deliver up** *in a quote* | can | Sire | my horse | | exchange | | for the hand of the princess and your daughter | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 9 | **offer** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom offer «communication 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/69/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/)