--- title: All three remained silent, and he hastened to continue: "Do not be a… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: All three remained silent, and he hastened to continue: "Do not be afraid, I have not the slightest intention of giving you pain, and let me tell you at once, that I know the wishes formed by each one. Who acts: three, heart, words, slightest intention. 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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 (three, heart, words, slightest intention), 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:pg128:40:60 # text = All three remained silent, and he hastened to continue: "Do not be afraid, I have not the slightest intention of giving you pain, and let me tell you at once, that I know the wishes formed by each one. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nsubj _ _ 3 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 hastened hasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 16 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 slightest slight ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 23 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 24 of of SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | past | all three | | | | | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hasten** | past | heart | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **continue** | to-infinitive | heart *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | heart *not said here* | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | words *= word* | the slightest intention | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Patient | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | gerund | the slightest intention *not said here* | pain | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient pain=Theme | | 7 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | heart *not said here* | words *= word* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | words *= word* *not said here* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 9 | **know** *in a quote* | present | words *= word* | the wishes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer wish=Stimulus | | 10 | **form** *in a quote* | participle | | the wishes *not said here* | | | | by each one | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by one=Location | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/)