--- title: As soon as the Sultan recovered from the severe illness which had se… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the Sultan recovered from the severe illness which had seized him after the death of the princess he sent for me and plainly, though politely, informed me that my presence would always remind him of his loss, and he begged that I would instantly quit his kingdom, and on pain of death neve --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/6/) [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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/) / 6 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 11, sentence 6 As soon as the Sultan recovered from the severe illness which had seized him after the death of the princess he sent for me and plainly, though politely, informed me that my presence would always remind him of his loss, and he begged that I would instantly quit his kingdom, and on pain of death never return to it. **Who acts:** Sultan, presence, I, princess · **What happens:** recover, seize, send, inform, remind, beg · **To what, where:** severe illness, princess, me, Sultan, kingdom, death · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sultan, presence, I, princess), 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:pg128:11:6 # text = As soon as the Sultan recovered from the severe illness which had seized him after the death of the princess he sent for me and plainly, though politely, informed me that my presence would always remind him of his loss, and he begged that I would instantly quit his kingdom, and on pain of death never return to it. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 recovered recover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 severe severe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 plainly plainly ADV RB _ 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 though though SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 politely politely ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 38 advmod _ _ 38 remind remind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 quit quit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 ccomp _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 61 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recover** | past | the Sultan | | | the severe illness | | soon *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from illness=Source | | 2 | **seize** | past · perfect · passive | | the severe illness | | | after the death of the princess | | tree rules | | 3 | **send** | past | Sultan | the princess *not said here* | | | | for me | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 4 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | the Sultan *not said here* | | me | | | politely *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **remind** *speech: other* | would | my presence | | Sultan | | | of Sultan's loss; always *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of loss=Topic | | 6 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | presence | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **quit** | would | I | Sultan's kingdom | | | | instantly *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Source | | 8 | **not** **return** | infinitive | the Sultan *not said here* | | death | pain of death | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to it=Result | | 9 | **die** | | the princess | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **pain** | | | death | | | | | nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/11/)