--- title: "As far as I can see," said the princess, "the first thing is not to… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "As far as I can see," said the princess, "the first thing is not to mind the tumult of the voices that follow you till you reach the cage, and then never to look behind. Who acts: princess, first thing, voices, you. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 42, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/73/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/) / 73 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 42, sentence 73 "As far as I can see," said the princess, "the first thing is not to mind the tumult of the voices that follow you till you reach the cage, and then never to look behind. **Who acts:** princess, first thing, voices, you · **What happens:** see, say, not be, follow, reach, not look · **To what, where:** you, cage · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 42. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, first thing, voices, 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:pg128:42:73 # text = "As far as I can see," said the princess, "the first thing is not to mind the tumult of the voices that follow you till you reach the cage, and then never to look behind. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 As as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 17 amod _ _ 17 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 tumult tumult NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 follow follow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 till till SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 reach reach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 38 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 41 behind behind ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | can | the princess *= princess* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the princess | | | | | far *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | the first thing | | | | | mind *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **follow** *in a quote* | present | the voices | you | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **reach** *in a quote* | present | you | the cage | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent cage=Theme | | 6 | **not** **look** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the first thing *not said here* | | | | then | behind *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)