--- title: “True, O Sultan, but I have neither shroud to wrap her in, nor money… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “True, O Sultan, but I have neither shroud to wrap her in, nor money to bury her with,” went on Abu Nowas, in no wise abashed by the way the Sultan had received his news. Who acts: Sultan, shroud, True. 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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 (Sultan, shroud, True), 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:pg2435:28:92 # text = “True, O Sultan, but I have neither shroud to wrap her in, nor money to bury her with,” went on Abu Nowas, in no wise abashed by the way the Sultan had received his news. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 5 case _ _ 5 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 shroud shroud NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 wrap wrap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 18 cc _ _ 18 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Abu Abu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 Nowas Nowas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 32 det _ _ 32 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 parataxis _ _ 33 abashed abash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 csubj _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the Sultan *= sultan* | neither shroud | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wrap in** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | neither shroud *not said here* | | wife | | | money *obl* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Destination | | 3 | **bury** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | neither shroud *not said here* | wife | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | True | | | Abu | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on abu=Location | | 5 | **abash** | participle | | | | | | by the way | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **receive** | past · perfect | the Sultan | Sultan's news | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/93/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/)