--- title: "Beware," he said, "of telling any one what you have told me, for th… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Beware," he said, "of telling any one what you have told me, for the prince who governs the kingdom is your father's greatest enemy, and he will be rejoiced to find you in his power." Who acts: you, tailor, prince, telling. 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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 (you, tailor, prince, telling), 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:pg128:8:51 # text = "Beware," he said, "of telling any one what you have told me, for the prince who governs the kingdom is your father's greatest enemy, and he will be rejoiced to find you in his power." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Beware beware VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 csubj _ _ 11 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 obj _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 obj _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 governs govern VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 's 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 amod _ _ 31 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beware** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | tailor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | | any one | the prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent one=Recipient prince=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | you | tailor | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **govern** *in a quote* | present | the prince | the kingdom | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | telling | your father's greatest enemy | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **rejoice** *in a quote* | future · passive | | tailor | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | you | | tailor's power | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/52/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/)