--- title: "Why, yes," replied the king smiling, in what I could but consider a… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Why, yes," replied the king smiling, in what I could but consider a very heartless manner, "they are no exception to the rule if they have married in the country." Who acts: king, foreigners. 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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 (king, foreigners), 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:pg128:16:45 # text = "Why, yes," replied the king smiling, in what I could but consider a very heartless manner, "they are no exception to the rule if they have married in the country." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 smiling smile VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 parataxis _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 heartless heartless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 exception exception NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **smile** | gerund | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **consider** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | a heartless manner | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent manner=Attribute | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | foreigners *= foreigner* | no exception | | | | to the rule | tree rules | | 5 | **marry** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | foreigners *= foreigner* | | the country | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/16/)