--- title: "My lord," he said at last, "I do know the road for which you ask, b… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "My lord," he said at last, "I do know the road for which you ask, but your kindness and the friendship I have conceived for you make me loth to point it out." Who acts: dervish, you, kindness. 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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 (dervish, you, kindness), 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:pg128:42:5 # text = "My lord," he said at last, "I do know the road for which you ask, but your kindness and the friendship I have conceived for you make me loth to point it out." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obl _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 conceived conceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 loth loth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 point point VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | dervish | | | last | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | dervish | the road | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | for the road | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **conceive** *in a quote* | present · perfect | your kindness and the friendship | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | present | you | dervish | | | | loth *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Product | | 6 | **point out** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | road | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)