--- title: "Sire," replied Queen of Beauty, "the old lady who took care of me i… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Sire," replied Queen of Beauty, "the old lady who took care of me in my childhood was an accomplished magician, and she taught me seventy rules of her art, by means of which I could, in the twinkling of an eye, transplant your capital into the middle of the ocean. 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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 (Sire, old lady, Queen, art), 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:pg128:10:58 # text = "Sire," replied Queen of Beauty, "the old lady who took care of me in my childhood was an accomplished magician, and she taught me seventy rules of her art, by means of which I could, in the twinkling of an eye, transplant your capital into the middle of the ocean. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Beauty Beauty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 childhood childhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 25 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 seventy seventy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obl _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 twinkling twinkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 transplant transplant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 52 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 into into ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Sire | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | past | the old lady | care | | my childhood | | of Sire | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of i=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **accomplish** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Queen of Beauty | a accomplished magician | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Queen | seventy rules of Queen's art | Sire | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient rule=Topic | | 6 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **transplant** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your capital | | the middle of the ocean | | | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent capital=Patient | | 8 | **rule** *in a quote* | | Queen's art | | | | | | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/)