--- title: "He is changed into a black stone," answered the dervish, "like all… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "He is changed into a black stone," answered the dervish, "like all the rest who have gone on the same errand, and you will become one likewise if you are not more careful in following my directions." Who acts: dervish, rest, 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 (dervish, rest, 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:pg128:42:54 # text = "He is changed into a black stone," answered the dervish, "like all the rest who have gone on the same errand, and you will become one likewise if you are not more careful in following my directions." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 like like ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 obj _ _ 33 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 39 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 40 in in SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 directions direction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** *in a quote* | present · passive | | dervish | | | | into a black stone *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into stone=Result | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the dervish | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | present · perfect | all rest | | | the same errand | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on errand=Location | | 4 | **become** *in a quote* | future | you | one | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient one=Result | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | careful, likewise *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **follow** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | my directions | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/55/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)