--- title: "Sire," answered the grand-vizir, "it is most dangerous for a monarc… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Sire," answered the grand-vizir, "it is most dangerous for a monarch to confide in a man whose faithfulness is not proved, You do not know that this physician is not a traitor come here to assassinate you." Who acts: Sire, You, physician. 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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 (Sire, You, physician), 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:pg128:4:9 # text = "Sire," answered the grand-vizir, "it is most dangerous for a monarch to confide in a man whose faithfulness is not proved, You do not know that this physician is not a traitor come here to assassinate you." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 15 advmod _ _ 15 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 confide confide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 faithfulness faithfulness NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 physician physician NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ _ 41 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 42 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 assassinate assassinate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Sire | the grand vizir | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Sire | | | | | for a monarch; dangerous *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **confide** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Sire *not said here* | | | | | in a man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **prove** *in a quote* | present · passive | | faithfulness | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | You | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | this physician | a traitor | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | You *not said here* | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **assassinate** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | you | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/)