--- title: "Well, your head shall answer for it," returned the monarch, "and if… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Well, your head shall answer for it," returned the monarch, "and if in three months he is not safe back with me, or at any rate does not send me news of his safety, your life shall pay the penalty." Who acts: head, three months, life. 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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 (head, three months, life), 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:pg128:37:83 # text = "Well, your head shall answer for it," returned the monarch, "and if in three months he is not safe back with me, or at any rate does not send me news of his safety, your life shall pay the penalty." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 12 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 26 back back ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 34 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 penalty penalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | shall | your head | | | | | for Horse | tree rules | | 2 | **return** | past | | the monarch | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monarch=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | three months | | | | | with the king *= king*; safe *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **send** *in a quote* | present · do-support | | news of rapidity's safety | the king *= king* | any rate | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination news=Theme | | 5 | **pay** *in a quote* | shall | your life | the penalty | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penalty=Asset | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/84/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/)