--- title: "I do not know, Princess, how to express my gratitude for your oblig… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "I do not know, Princess, how to express my gratitude for your obliging offer, which I would accept at once if it were not for the recollection of all the uneasiness the King my father must be suffering on my account. Who acts: passion, gratitude, father, your. 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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 (passion, gratitude, father, 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:pg128:38:79 # text = "I do not know, Princess, how to express my gratitude for your obliging offer, which I would accept at once if it were not for the recollection of all the uneasiness the King my father must be suffering on my account. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 express express VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 obliging oblige VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 22 obl _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 recollection recollection NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 xcomp _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 uneasiness uneasiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux _ _ 42 suffering suffer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | passion | Princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | | 2 | **express** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | passion *not said here* | my gratitude | | | | for your obliging offer | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme | | 3 | **oblige** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **accept** *in a quote* | would | | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | gratitude | | | | | for the recollection; of all uneasiness | tree rules | | 6 | **suffer** *in a quote* | must · progressive | my father | all uneasiness *not said here* | | my account | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer uneasiness=Stimulus | | 7 | **offer** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **account** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom account «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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/80/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)