--- title: But listen, friend," said Zobeida, "if we grant your request, it is… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: But listen, friend," said Zobeida, "if we grant your request, it is only on condition that you behave with the utmost politeness, and that you keep the secret of our way of living, which chance has revealed to you." Who acts: Zobeida, we, request, you. 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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 (Zobeida, we, request, 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:pg128:6:32 # text = But listen, friend," said Zobeida, "if we grant your request, it is only on condition that you behave with the utmost politeness, and that you keep the secret of our way of living, which chance has revealed to you." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Zobeida Zobeida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 grant grant VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 only only ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 behave behave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 politeness politeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 43 det _ _ 43 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 revealed reveal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | infinitive | | friend | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Zobeida | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **grant** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | your request | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent request=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | request | | | condition | | | tree rules | | 5 | **behave** | present | you | condition | | | | with the utmost politeness | tree rules | | 6 | **keep** | present | you | the secret of our way of living | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme | | 7 | **reveal** | present · perfect · passive | | which chance | you | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to you=Recipient | | 8 | **request** | | your | | | | | | nom request «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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/33/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/)