--- title: However, I will be revenged on her somehow, and I beg you will give… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: However, I will be revenged on her somehow, and I beg you will give me your help in the matter, and to tell me anything that you can think of that is likely to mortify her." Who acts: I, you, your. 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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 (I, you, your), 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:pg128:40:77 # text = However, I will be revenged on her somehow, and I beg you will give me your help in the matter, and to tell me anything that you can think of that is likely to mortify her." 1 However however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 revenged revenge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 somehow somehow ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 26 obj _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 obl _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 mortify mortify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **revenge** | future · passive | | I | | | | on wife; however, somehow *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | I | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** | future | you | your help | me | the matter | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient help=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | anything | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient anything=Topic | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | can | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **mortify** | to-infinitive | | wife | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 8 | **help** | | your | | | | | | nom help «act 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/40/)