--- title: As for your reception at the Persian Court, it will be as warm as yo… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: As for your reception at the Persian Court, it will be as warm as your merits deserve; and as for what concerns the King of Bengal, he must be much more indifferent to your welfare than you have led me to believe if he does not give his consent to our marriage." Who acts: life, merits, King, 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 (life, merits, King, 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:pg128:39:3 # text = As for your reception at the Persian Court, it will be as warm as your merits deserve; and as for what concerns the King of Bengal, he must be much more indifferent to your welfare than you have led me to believe if he does not give his consent to our marriage." 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 reception reception NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Persian Persian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 merits merit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 nsubj _ _ 24 concerns concern VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Bengal Bengal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 33 much much ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 advmod _ _ 35 indifferent indifferent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 welfare welfare NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 than than SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | future | life | | | | | as your reception at the Persian Court; warm *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **deserve** | present | your merits | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **concern** | present | | the King of Bengal | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | must | King | | | | | to your welfare; indifferent *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **lead** | present · perfect | you | me | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Patient clause=Result | | 6 | **believe** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | King | King's consent | our marriage | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent consent=Theme to marriage=Recipient | | 8 | **receive** | | your | | | the Persian Court | | | nom reception «communication transitive»: poss=agent at=place | | 9 | **consent** | | King | | | | | | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **marry** | | our | | | | | | nom marriage «state 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/4/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/39/)