--- title: Then Zobeida, as the mistress, came forward and said gravely, "You a… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Then Zobeida, as the mistress, came forward and said gravely, "You are welcome here, but I hope you will allow me to beg one thing of you--have as many eyes as you like, but no tongues; and ask no questions about anything you see, however strange it may appear to you." Who acts: Zobeida, You, it. 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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, You, it), 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:pg128:6:77 # text = Then Zobeida, as the mistress, came forward and said gravely, "You are welcome here, but I hope you will allow me to beg one thing of you--have as many eyes as you like, but no tongues; and ask no questions about anything you see, however strange it may appear to you." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 Zobeida Zobeida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 forward forward ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 12 gravely gravely ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ _ 18 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 44 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 48 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 49 det _ _ 49 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 about about ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 49 nmod _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 however however ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 parataxis _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 parataxis _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 " " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come forward** | past | Zobeida | no tongues | | | then | forward *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Zobeida *not said here* | | | | | gravely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | You | | | here | | welcome *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hope** *in a quote* | present | Zobeida | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **allow** *in a quote* | future | you | | Zobeida | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **beg** *speech: request* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | one thing of you | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Zobeida *not said here* | many eyes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 8 | **like** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | | no questions | | | | about anything | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent question=Recipient about anything=Topic | | 10 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **appear** *in a quote* | may | it | | you | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/)