--- title: "But," added the third, "it may interest you, madam, to know that we… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "But," added the third, "it may interest you, madam, to know that we are not men of low birth, but are all three sons of kings, and of kings, too, whom the world holds in high esteem." Who acts: answer, we, world. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 7, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/38/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/) / 38 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 7, sentence 38 "But," added the third, "it may interest you, madam, to know that we are not men of low birth, but are all three sons of kings, and of kings, too, whom the world holds in high esteem." **Who acts:** answer, we, world · **What happens:** add, interest, know, not be, be, hold · **To what, where:** third, you, men, three sons, kings, high esteem · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (answer, we, world), 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:pg128:7:38 # text = "But," added the third, "it may interest you, madam, to know that we are not men of low birth, but are all three sons of kings, and of kings, too, whom the world holds in high esteem." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 5 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 all all ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 appos _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 too too ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 esteem esteem NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | | the third | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **interest** *in a quote* | may | answer | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | we | men and kings | | | | of low birth | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | three sons | | | | of kings; all *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **hold** *in a quote* | present | the world | kings | | high esteem | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent whom=Theme in esteem=Location | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/)