--- title: But the maiden absolutely refused to attend to her father's words, a… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: But the maiden absolutely refused to attend to her father's words, and at length, in despair, the grand-vizir was obliged to give way, and went sadly to the palace to tell the Sultan that the following evening he would bring him Scheherazade. Who acts: maiden, Vizir, father. 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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 (maiden, Vizir, father), 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:pg128:1:78 # text = But the maiden absolutely refused to attend to her father's words, and at length, in despair, the grand-vizir was obliged to give way, and went sadly to the palace to tell the Sultan that the following evening he would bring him Scheherazade. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 4 absolutely absolutely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ _ 44 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 Scheherazade Scheherazade PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | the maiden | | | | | absolutely *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **attend** | to-infinitive | the maiden *not said here* | | | | | to beauty's father's words | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to word=Theme | | 3 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the grand vizir | | length and despair | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | | way | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | the maiden *not said here* | | | the palace | | sadly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the maiden *not said here* | the Sultan | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent sultan=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **bring** | would | Vizir | Scheherazade | father | | evening | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination scheherazade=Theme | | 9 | **word** | | beauty's father | | | | | | nom word «communication 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 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/)