--- title: For a long while I did nothing but weep, and would not suffer the ge… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: For a long while I did nothing but weep, and would not suffer the genius to come near me; but time teaches us submission, and I have now got accustomed to his presence, and if clothes and jewels could content me, I have them in plenty. Who acts: I, time, clothes. 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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, time, clothes), 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:pg128:8:78 # text = For a long while I did nothing but weep, and would not suffer the genius to come near me; but time teaches us submission, and I have now got accustomed to his presence, and if clothes and jewels could content me, I have them in plenty. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 advcl _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 obj _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 weep weep NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 suffer suffer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl _ _ 19 near near ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 teaches teach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 submission submission NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 33 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 xcomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 44 nsubj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 content content VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | I | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **suffer** | would | | the genius | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer genius=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | | the genius *not said here* | | | | near me | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near i=Location | | 4 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | time | submission | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient submission=Topic | | 5 | **get** | present · perfect | I | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **accustom** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | to prince's presence | tree rules | | 7 | **content** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | clothes and jewels | me | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 8 | **have** | present | I | clothes | | plenty | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/)