--- title: "I cannot quite agree with you," he replied; "even the little that I… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "I cannot quite agree with you," he replied; "even the little that I have seen I admire greatly, and I will reserve my judgment until you have shown me the whole." Who acts: Highness, you, 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 (Highness, you, 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:pg128:44:7 # text = "I cannot quite agree with you," he replied; "even the little that I have seen I admire greatly, and I will reserve my judgment until you have shown me the whole." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obl _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 admire admire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 24 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 reserve reserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 until until SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **agree** *speech: agree* *in a quote* | can | Highness | | | | | with you | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Highness | the little | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Highness | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **admire** *in a quote* | present | Highness | | | | | greatly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **reserve** *in a quote* | future | Highness | my judgment | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judgment=Theme | | 6 | **show** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | | Highness | | | whole *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 7 | **judge** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom judgment «cognition 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/44/)