--- title: You may imagine the rage and terror that seized us as we watched the… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: You may imagine the rage and terror that seized us as we watched them, neither daring to hinder them nor able to speak a word to deter them from their purpose, whatever it might be. Who acts: You, rage, we, words. 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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 (You, rage, we, words), 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:pg128:14:78 # text = You may imagine the rage and terror that seized us as we watched them, neither daring to hinder them nor able to speak a word to deter them from their purpose, whatever it might be. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 17 cc:preconj _ _ 17 daring dare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 hinder hinder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 22 cc _ _ 22 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 deter deter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imagine** | may | You | the rage and terror | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rage=Theme | | 2 | **seize** | past | the rage and terror | us | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 3 | **watch** | past | we | rage | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **dare** | gerund | You *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **hinder** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | rage | | | | able *property* | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Eventuality | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | a word | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **deter** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | words *= word* | | words's purpose | | | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer they=Beneficiary from purpose=Eventuality | | 8 | **purpose** | | words *= word* | | | | | | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: 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/pg128/14/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/)