--- title: “Come in, Morgiana,” said Ali Baba, “and let Cogia Hassan see what y… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Come in, Morgiana,” said Ali Baba, “and let Cogia Hassan see what you can do”; and, turning to Cogia Hassan, he said: “She’s my slave and my housekeeper.” Who acts: Ali Baba, Cogia, you, Baba. 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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 (Ali Baba, Cogia, you, Baba), 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:pg503:34:140 # text = “Come in, Morgiana,” said Ali Baba, “and let Cogia Hassan see what you can do”; and, turning to Cogia Hassan, he said: “She’s my slave and my housekeeper.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 3 in in ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Morgiana Morgiana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Baba Baba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 15 Cogia Cogia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 Hassan Hassan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ _ 17 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 ccomp _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Cogia Cogia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 Hassan Hassan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 housekeeper housekeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Morgiana | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ali Baba | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | Cogia | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | can | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 6 | **turn** | gerund | | | Cogia | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to cogia=Result | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Baba | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/141/) - ↑ back to [The Forty Thieves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/)