--- title: Seeing that there was no help for it, I declared myself willing to o… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Seeing that there was no help for it, I declared myself willing to obey; and the Caliph, delighted at having got his own way, gave me a thousand sequins for the expenses of the voyage. Who acts: I, help, Caliph. 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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 (I, help, Caliph), 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:pg128:18:54 # text = Seeing that there was no help for it, I declared myself willing to obey; and the Caliph, delighted at having got his own way, gave me a thousand sequins for the expenses of the voyage. 1 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 22 at at SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 24 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 sequins sequin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 expenses expense NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | past | no help for dignity | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | I | myself | | | | willing *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Attribute | | 4 | **obey** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | gerund | the Caliph *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **get** | past | the Caliph | Caliph's own way | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 7 | **give** | past | the Caliph *not said here* | thousand sequins | me | | | for the expenses of the voyage | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Recipient sequin=Theme for expense=Asset | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/55/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/)