--- title: The princess waited a moment, and then continued in severe tones, "H… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The princess waited a moment, and then continued in severe tones, "Have you forgotten that you yourself said that you are my slave to do my bidding, and also that your life is in my power?" Who acts: princess, you, life, my. 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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 (princess, you, life, my), 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:pg128:43:2 # text = The princess waited a moment, and then continued in severe tones, "Have you forgotten that you yourself said that you are my slave to do my bidding, and also that your life is in my power?" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 severe severe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 tones tone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 nmod _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 bidding bidding NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 33 also also ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | the princess | | | | moment | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **continue** | past | | | | severe tones | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **forget** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | my slave | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | my bidding | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | your life | | | my power | | | tree rules | | 8 | **bid** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom bidding «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/43/)