--- title: "I should not deserve to live," I said to the genius, "if I were suc… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "I should not deserve to live," I said to the genius, "if I were such a coward as to slay a lady who is not only unknown to me, but who is at this moment half dead herself. Who acts: I, lady. 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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, lady), 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:pg128:9:32 # text = "I should not deserve to live," I said to the genius, "if I were such a coward as to slay a lady who is not only unknown to me, but who is at this moment half dead herself. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 deserve deserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 22 det:predet _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 coward coward NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 41 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 43 obl _ _ 43 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 44 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **deserve** *in a quote* | should | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | the genius | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to genius=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | I | such coward | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **slay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a lady | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Patient | | 6 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | a lady | | me | | | unknown *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | this moment half | | dead *property* | tree rules | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/33/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/)