--- title: My dear nephew," he said, embracing me, "you have come to me to take… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: My dear nephew," he said, embracing me, "you have come to me to take his place, and I will do my best to forget that I ever had a son who could act in so wicked a manner." Who acts: dear nephew, you, I, son. 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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 (dear nephew, you, I, son), 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:pg128:8:6 # text = My dear nephew," he said, embracing me, "you have come to me to take his place, and I will do my best to forget that I ever had a son who could act in so wicked a manner." 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 embracing embrace VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 34 advmod _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | My dear nephew | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **embrace** *in a quote* | gerund | My dear nephew *not said here* | uncle | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent | | 3 | **come** | present · perfect | you | | me | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | uncle's place | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 5 | **do** | future | I | my best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 6 | **forget** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | past | I | a son | | | ever | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 8 | **act** | could | a son | | | | | wicked *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/)