--- title: I thanked the tailor for his counsel, and said I would do whatever h… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I thanked the tailor for his counsel, and said I would do whatever he advised; then, being very hungry, I gladly ate of the food he put before me, and accepted his offer of a lodging in his house. Who acts: I, tailor. 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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 (I, tailor), 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:pg128:8:52 # text = I thanked the tailor for his counsel, and said I would do whatever he advised; then, being very hungry, I gladly ate of the food he put before me, and accepted his offer of a lodging in his house. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 14 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 cop _ _ 21 very very ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 accepted accept VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | I | | the tailor | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent tailor=Theme for counsel=Attribute | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | would | I | whatever | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality | | 4 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | tailor | | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | gerund | | | | | then | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **eat** | past | I | | | | | of the food; gladly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of food=Source | | 7 | **put** | past | tailor | the food *not said here* | | | before me | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme before i=Destination | | 8 | **accept** | past | I *not said here* | tailor's offer of a lodging | | tailor's house | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Theme | | 9 | **offer** | | tailor | a lodging | | | | | nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/)