--- title: If you manage to avoid this pitfall, and to reach the top of the mou… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: If you manage to avoid this pitfall, and to reach the top of the mountain, you will find there the Talking Bird in a splendid cage, and you can ask of him where you are to seek the Singing Tree and the Golden Water. Who acts: you. 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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 (you), 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:pg128:42:24 # text = If you manage to avoid this pitfall, and to reach the top of the mountain, you will find there the Talking Bird in a splendid cage, and you can ask of him where you are to seek the Singing Tree and the Golden Water. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 manage manage VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 pitfall pitfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Talking Talking PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 Singing Singing PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 Tree Tree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **manage** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | this pitfall | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent pitfall=Location | | 3 | **reach** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the top of the mountain | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent top=Theme | | 4 | **find** | future | you | the Talking Bird | | a splendid cage; there | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Topic | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | can | you | | | | | of horse | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S\_INF»: agent=Agent of he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **is** | present | you | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **seek** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the Singing Tree and the Golden Water | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)