--- title: "What you ask is impossible," she answered; "but stay here with me i… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "What you ask is impossible," she answered; "but stay here with me instead, and we can be happy, and all you will have to do is to betake yourself to the forest every tenth day, when I am expecting my master the genius. Who acts: you, feast, we, all. 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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, feast, we, all), 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:pg128:8:84 # text = "What you ask is impossible," she answered; "but stay here with me instead, and we can be happy, and all you will have to do is to betake yourself to the forest every tenth day, when I am expecting my master the genius. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 15 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 18 instead instead ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 24 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 nsubj _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 betake betake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 36 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 42 det _ _ 41 tenth tenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 when when SCONJ WRB _ 47 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 expecting expect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent what=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | impossible *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | feast | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stay** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | here | | with me; instead *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with i=Location | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | can | we | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | future | all | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive · do-support | | | | | day | to the forest; betake *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **expect** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | my master | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme genius=Eventuality | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/8/)