--- title: "It is as you say, sire," answered the princess, "and if you examine… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "It is as you say, sire," answered the princess, "and if you examine the basin, you will see that it is all in one piece, and therefore the water could not have been brought through it. Who acts: Tree, princess, you. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 44, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/33/) [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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/) / 33 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 44, sentence 33 "It is as you say, sire," answered the princess, "and if you examine the basin, you will see that it is all in one piece, and therefore the water could not have been brought through it. **Who acts:** Tree, princess, you · **What happens:** be, answer, examine, see, not bring · **To what, where:** basin, one piece, water, Tree · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 44. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tree, princess, 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:pg128:44:33 # text = "It is as you say, sire," answered the princess, "and if you examine the basin, you will see that it is all in one piece, and therefore the water could not have been brought through it. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 examine examine VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 29 all all ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 35 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 40 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 43 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Tree | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the princess | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **examine** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | the basin | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basin=Theme | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Tree | | | one piece | | all *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **bring** *in a quote* | could · perfect · passive | | the water | | Tree | | therefore *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/)