--- title: It contains many curious things the chief being that when you cut of… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: It contains many curious things the chief being that when you cut off my head, if your majesty will turn to the sixth leaf, and read the third line of the left-hand page, my head will answer all the questions you like to ask it." Who acts: majesty, you, head. 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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 (majesty, you, head), 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:pg128:4:91 # text = It contains many curious things the chief being that when you cut off my head, if your majesty will turn to the sixth leaf, and read the third line of the left-hand page, my head will answer all the questions you like to ask it." 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 cop _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 cut cut VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 sixth sixth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 31 amod _ _ 31 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | present | majesty | many curious things | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | | 2 | **cut off** | present | you | my head | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | future · gerund | your majesty | | | | | to the sixth leaf; turn *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **read** | past | | the third line of the hand page | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Topic | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | future | my head | all questions | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality | | 6 | **like** | present | you | all questions *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | majesty | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/92/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/4/)