--- title: “Well, then, stay at home, if you like,” answered Abu Nowas, “and I… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Well, then, stay at home, if you like,” answered Abu Nowas, “and I will ask to be admitted to the Sultan’s presence, and will tell him, with sobs, that my wife is dead, and that I have no money for her burial. Who acts: you, Abu, wife. 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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, Abu, wife), 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:pg2435:28:83 # text = “Well, then, stay at home, if you like,” answered Abu Nowas, “and I will ask to be admitted to the Sultan’s presence, and will tell him, with sobs, that my wife is dead, and that I have no money for her burial. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 15 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 Abu Abu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 Nowas Nowas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 admitted admit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 xcomp _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 sobs sob NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 51 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 52 det _ _ 52 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 burial burial NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | home | then | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 2 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Abu | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | future | Abu | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **admit** *speech: other* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | Abu *not said here* | | the Sultan's presence | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: to presence=Recipient | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | | | Abu | | | with sobs | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my wife | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Abu | no money | | | | for wife's burial | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 9 | **bury** *in a quote* | | wife | | | | | | nom burial «event transitive»: poss=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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/84/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/)