--- title: As to this, I think I have enough self-control to look straight befo… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: As to this, I think I have enough self-control to look straight before me; but as it is quite possible that I might be frightened by the voices, as even the boldest men have been, I will stop up my ears with cotton, so that, let them make as much noise as they like, I shall hear nothing." 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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 (I, control, voices, boldest men), 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:pg128:42:74 # text = As to this, I think I have enough self-control to look straight before me; but as it is quite possible that I might be frightened by the voices, as even the boldest men have been, I will stop up my ears with cotton, so that, let them make as much noise as they like, I shall hear nothing." 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 3 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 9 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 control control NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ _ 15 straight straight ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 before before ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 quite quite ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 even even ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 boldest bold ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 38 amod _ _ 38 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 so so SCONJ IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 54 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 55 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 as as ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 60 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 64 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 parataxis _ _ 67 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | as this | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | I | enough self control | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent control=Patient | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | enough self control *not said here* | | | before me | straight *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent before i=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | control | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **frighten** | might · passive | the voices | I | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 6 | **be** | present · perfect | the boldest men | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stop up** | future | I | my ears | | | | with cotton | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent ear=Destination with cotton=Theme | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | | men *= man* | | | | so that | tree rules | | 9 | **make** | infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | much noise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 10 | **like** | present | men *= man* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 11 | **hear** | shall | I | nothing | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)