--- title: At this question Hindbad was covered with confusion, and hanging dow… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: At this question Hindbad was covered with confusion, and hanging down his head, replied, "My lord, I confess that, overcome by weariness and ill-humour, I uttered indiscreet words, which I pray you to pardon me." Who acts: hanging. 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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 (hanging), 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:pg128:13:30 # text = At this question Hindbad was covered with confusion, and hanging down his head, replied, "My lord, I confess that, overcome by weariness and ill-humour, I uttered indiscreet words, which I pray you to pardon me." 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 Hindbad Hindbad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 csubj:pass _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 confess confess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 24 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 overcome overcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 weariness weariness NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 humour humour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 uttered utter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 36 indiscreet indiscreet NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 pardon pardon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | past · passive | | Hindbad | | this question | | with confusion | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with confusion=Theme | | 2 | **hang down** | gerund | | Hindbad's head | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle | hanging | My lord | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **confess** *in a quote* | present | hanging | that | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 5 | **overcome** *in a quote* | participle | hanging *not said here* | | | | | by weariness and ill humour | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **utter** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | hanging | indiscreet words | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 7 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | hanging | indiscreet words | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **pardon** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | hanging *not said here* | hanging | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/13/)