--- title: The two sons who survived him loved each other tenderly, and it was… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The two sons who survived him loved each other tenderly, and it was a real grief to the elder, Schahriar, that the laws of the empire forbade him to share his dominions with his brother Schahzeman. Who acts: two sons, kingdom, laws. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, O --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/47/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/) / 47 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 1, sentence 47 The two sons who survived him loved each other tenderly, and it was a real grief to the elder, Schahriar, that the laws of the empire forbade him to share his dominions with his brother Schahzeman. **Who acts:** two sons, kingdom, laws · **What happens:** survive, love, be, forbid, share · **To what, where:** race, each, real grief, dominions This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two sons, kingdom, laws), 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:pg128:1:47 # text = The two sons who survived him loved each other tenderly, and it was a real grief to the elder, Schahriar, that the laws of the empire forbade him to share his dominions with his brother Schahzeman. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 survived survive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obj _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 tenderly tenderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Schahriar Schahriar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 forbade forbid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 dominions dominion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 Schahzeman Schahzeman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **survive** | past | the two sons | race | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Circumstance | | 2 | **love** | past | the two sons | each | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | past | kingdom | a real grief | | | | to the elder | tree rules | | 4 | **forbid** | past | the laws of the empire | race | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **share** | to-infinitive | the laws of the empire *not said here* | race's dominions | | | | with race's brother | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/)