--- title: "Madam," cried the dervish, "out of all the number who have asked me… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Madam," cried the dervish, "out of all the number who have asked me the way to the mountain, you are the first who has ever suggested such a means of escaping the danger! Who acts: Madam, you, a. 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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 (Madam, you, a), 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:pg128:42:75 # text = "Madam," cried the dervish, "out of all the number who have asked me the way to the mountain, you are the first who has ever suggested such a means of escaping the danger! 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 parataxis _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 32 advmod _ _ 32 suggested suggest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 nsubj _ _ 35 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 escaping escape VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 ccomp _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Madam | the dervish | | all number | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | all number | Madam | | | the way to the mountain *obl* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | | | | ever | | tree rules | | 5 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | a | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **escape** *in a quote* | gerund | | the danger | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme danger=Initial\_Location | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/42/)