--- title: I do not wish to depreciate my own palace, but I can assure you that… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I do not wish to depreciate my own palace, but I can assure you that it is very poor beside that of the King my father, as you will agree when you have been there to greet him, as I hope you will shortly do." Who acts: I, palace, you. 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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, palace, you), 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:pg128:38:67 # text = I do not wish to depreciate my own palace, but I can assure you that it is very poor beside that of the King my father, as you will agree when you have been there to greet him, as I hope you will shortly do." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 depreciate depreciate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 assure assure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 ccomp _ _ 21 beside beside ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 cop _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 greet greet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wish** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **depreciate** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my own palace | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient palace=Extent | | 3 | **assure** | can | I | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | present | palace | | | that | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **agree** *speech: agree* | future | you | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present · perfect | you | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **greet** *speech: greet* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | King | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **hope** | present | I | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **do** | future | you | | | | | shortly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/68/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)