--- title: Those that will tell us their histories and their reasons for coming… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Those that will tell us their histories and their reasons for coming here shall be allowed to leave unhurt; those who refuse--" And she paused, but in a moment the porter, who understood that he had only to relate his story to set himself free from this terrible danger, immediately broke in, Who act --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/40/) [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/) / 40 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 7, sentence 40 Those that will tell us their histories and their reasons for coming here shall be allowed to leave unhurt; those who refuse--" And she paused, but in a moment the porter, who understood that he had only to relate his story to set himself free from this terrible danger, immediately broke in, **Who acts:** reasons, Those, anger, porter, world · **What happens:** tell, come, allow, leave, refuse, pause · **To what, where:** histories, us, Those, story, world · **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 (reasons, Those, anger, 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:pg128:7:40 # text = Those that will tell us their histories and their reasons for coming here shall be allowed to leave unhurt; those who refuse--" And she paused, but in a moment the porter, who understood that he had only to relate his story to set himself free from this terrible danger, immediately broke in, 1 Those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 histories history NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 unhurt unhurt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 21 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 obl _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 refuse refuse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 paused pause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 relate relate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 49 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 obj _ _ 50 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 53 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 58 in in ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | | Zobeida's histories | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient history=Topic | | 2 | **come** | gerund | Zobeida's reasons *not said here* | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **allow** | shall · passive | | Those | | | | those *obl* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Those *not said here* | | | | | unhurt *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **refuse** | present | | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **pause** *in a quote* | past | anger | | | | moment | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **understand** *in a quote* | past | the porter | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | past | world | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **relate** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | world *not said here* | world's story | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme | | 10 | **set** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | world *not said here* | world | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient himself=Result | | 11 | **break in** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | immediately *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/)