--- title: My father has always informed me that in my marriage I shall be left… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: My father has always informed me that in my marriage I shall be left quite free, but I am persuaded that I have only to describe your generosity, for my wishes to become his own." Who acts: father, I, wishes, my. 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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 (father, I, wishes, my), 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:pg128:38:84 # text = My father has always informed me that in my marriage I shall be left quite free, but I am persuaded that I have only to describe your generosity, for my wishes to become his own." 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 15 quite quite ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 25 only only ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 describe describe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 generosity generosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present · perfect | My father | | me | | | always *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave** | shall · passive | | I | | my marriage | | free *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in marriage=Location | | 3 | **persuade** | present · passive | | I | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **have** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **describe** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | your generosity | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent generosity=Theme | | 6 | **become** | to-infinitive | my wishes | | | | | own *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **marry** | | my | | | | | | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **wish** | | my | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)