--- title: We must do our duty," she said with a deep sigh, pushing back her sl… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: We must do our duty," she said with a deep sigh, pushing back her sleeves, and, taking a whip from Sadie, she said to the man, "Take one of those dogs to my sister Amina and give me the other." Who acts: We, porter. 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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 (We, porter), 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:pg128:6:92 # text = We must do our duty," she said with a deep sigh, pushing back her sleeves, and, taking a whip from Sadie, she said to the man, "Take one of those dogs to my sister Amina and give me the other." 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 sigh sigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 pushing push VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 sleeves sleeve NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 whip whip NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Sadie Sadie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 43 Amina Amina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | must | We | our duty | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | porter | | | | | with a deep sigh | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with sigh=Manner | | 3 | **push back** *in a quote* | gerund | porter *not said here* | porter's sleeves | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleeve=Theme | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | gerund | porter *not said here* | a whip | | Sadie | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent whip=Theme from sadie=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | porter | | | | | to the man | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to man=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | | one of that dogs | my sister | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent one=Theme to sister=Destination | | 7 | **give** | infinitive | | the other | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient other=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/6/)