--- title: As long as it keeps bright and clean as it is to-day, you will know… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: As long as it keeps bright and clean as it is to-day, you will know that I am living; but if the blade is spotted with blood, it will be a sign that I am dead, and you shall weep for me." Who acts: knife, you, I. 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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 (knife, you, I), 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:pg128:41:85 # text = As long as it keeps bright and clean as it is to-day, you will know that I am living; but if the blade is spotted with blood, it will be a sign that I am dead, and you shall weep for me." 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 blade blade NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 spotted spot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 parataxis _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 parataxis _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | knife | | | | | bright, long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | knife | | | | as day | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | future | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **live** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **spot** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | the blade | | | | with blood | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with blood=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | future | knife | a sign | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | present | I | a sign *not said here* | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **weep** | shall | you | | | | | for me | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/86/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/41/)