--- title: Of course I do not say that I shall accept his conditions, and perha… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Of course I do not say that I shall accept his conditions, and perhaps he may be brought to reason, but meanwhile I should like you to examine the horse, and, with the owner's permission, to make trial of its powers." Who acts: I, son, owner. 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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 (I, son, owner), 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:pg128:37:74 # text = Of course I do not say that I shall accept his conditions, and perhaps he may be brought to reason, but meanwhile I should like you to examine the horse, and, with the owner's permission, to make trial of its powers." 1 Of of ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 examine examine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 44 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | I | | | | | of course; with the owner's permission | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **accept** | shall | I | son's conditions | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Theme | | 3 | **bring** | may · passive | | son | | reason | | perhaps *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to reason=Destination | | 4 | **like** | should | I | you | | | | meanwhile *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **examine** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the horse | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | | trial of Horse's powers | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trial=Product | | 7 | **condition** | | son | | | | | | nom condition «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **permit** | | the owner | | | | | | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **try** | | | Horse's powers | | | | | nom trial «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/)