--- title: Then one of the young men begged me to repeat my story, which had st… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Then one of the young men begged me to repeat my story, which had struck them all with astonishment, and when I had ended, the old man was bidden to "do his duty," as it was late, and they wished to go to bed. Who acts: young men, one, I, duty. 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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 (young men, one, I, duty), 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:pg128:12:15 # text = Then one of the young men begged me to repeat my story, which had struck them all with astonishment, and when I had ended, the old man was bidden to "do his duty," as it was late, and they wished to go to bed. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 repeat repeat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 nmod:unmarked _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 when when SCONJ WRB _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 ended end VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 bidden bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the young men | one | me | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **repeat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | one *not said here* | my story | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Eventuality | | 3 | **strike** | past · perfect · passive | | my story | | | | with astonishment | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient they=Result with astonishment=Instrument | | 4 | **end** | past · perfect | I | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **bid** | past · passive | | the old man | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | man's duty | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Eventuality | | 7 | **is** | past | duty | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **wish** | past | questions *= question* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | questions *= question* *not said here* | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/12/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/12/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/12/)