--- title: This frightened the fisherman, but the genius laughed and said, "Do… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: This frightened the fisherman, but the genius laughed and said, "Do not be afraid; I only did it to frighten you, and to show you that I intend to keep my word; take your nets and follow me." Who acts: This, genius, 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 (This, genius, 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:pg128:4:123 # text = This frightened the fisherman, but the genius laughed and said, "Do not be afraid; I only did it to frighten you, and to show you that I intend to keep my word; take your nets and follow me." 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 frightened frighten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 frighten frighten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 intend intend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 nets net NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 follow follow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past | This | the fisherman | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **laugh** | past | the genius | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the genius *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | past | the genius *= genius* | form | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 6 | **frighten** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the genius *= genius* *not said here* | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 7 | **show** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **intend** *in a quote* | present | the genius *= genius* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **keep** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the genius *= genius* *not said here* | my word | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 10 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your nets | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Theme | | 11 | **follow** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the genius *= genius* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 12 | **word** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom word «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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/124/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/)