--- title: Suddenly the prince said to me, "Cousin, we have no time to lose; be… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Suddenly the prince said to me, "Cousin, we have no time to lose; be so kind as to conduct this lady to a certain spot, where you will find a dome-like tomb, newly built. Who acts: prince, we, you. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 7, with its dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/62/) [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/) / 62 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 7, sentence 62 Suddenly the prince said to me, "Cousin, we have no time to lose; be so kind as to conduct this lady to a certain spot, where you will find a dome-like tomb, newly built. **Who acts:** prince, we, you · **What happens:** say, have, lose, be, conduct, find · **To what, where:** Cousin, me, lady, certain spot, like tomb · **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 (prince, we, you), 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:pg128:7:62 # text = Suddenly the prince said to me, "Cousin, we have no time to lose; be so kind as to conduct this lady to a certain spot, where you will find a dome-like tomb, newly built. 1 Suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 conduct conduct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 dome dome NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 newly newly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the prince | Cousin | me | | | suddenly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lose** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **conduct** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | this lady | | a certain spot | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lady=Theme to spot=Destination | | 6 | **find** *in a quote* | future | you | a like tomb | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tomb=Topic | | 7 | **build** *in a quote* | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | newly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/63/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/)