--- title: Bring them in, then," said she, "but make them understand that they… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Bring them in, then," said she, "but make them understand that they are not to make remarks about what does not concern them, and be sure to make them read the inscription over the door." Who acts: you, Zobeida. 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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 (you, Zobeida), 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:pg128:6:55 # text = Bring them in, then," said she, "but make them understand that they are not to make remarks about what does not concern them, and be sure to make them read the inscription over the door." 1 Bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 22 remarks remark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 23 about about ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nmod _ _ 25 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 concern concern NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 32 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 inscription inscription NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 over over ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring in** | imperative | you *not said here* | Zobeida | | | then | | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Asset | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Zobeida | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **understand** | infinitive | Zobeida *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **is** | present | Zobeida | | | | | make *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | present | | concern | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Zobeida | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **read** | infinitive | Zobeida *not said here* | the inscription | | the door | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inscription=Topic | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/)