--- title: I have already begun by punishing the authors of this abominable cri… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I have already begun by punishing the authors of this abominable crime, and I hope you will forgive me when I introduce you to our children, who are the most charming and accomplished creatures in the whole world. Who acts: I, you, children. 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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, you, children), 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:pg128:44:64 # text = I have already begun by punishing the authors of this abominable crime, and I hope you will forgive me when I introduce you to our children, who are the most charming and accomplished creatures in the whole world. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 already already ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 begun begin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 punishing punish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 authors author NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 11 abominable abominable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 when when SCONJ WRB _ 23 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 introduce introduce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 33 advmod _ _ 33 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 acl:relcl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 accomplished accomplish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 36 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **punish** | gerund | I *not said here* | the authors of this abominable crime | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent author=Patient | | 3 | **hope** | present | I | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **forgive** | future | you | me | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **introduce** | present | I | you | | | | to our children | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient to child=Co-Patient | | 6 | **is a** | present | our children | the charming | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **accomplish** | past | I *not said here* | creatures | | the whole world | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Eventuality | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/)