--- title: Oho!" he went on, looking closer, "so this is the way a Christian ha… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Oho!" he went on, looking closer, "so this is the way a Christian has the impudence to treat a Mussulman!" and seizing the merchant in a firm grasp he took him to the inspector of police, who threw him into prison till the judge should be out of bed and ready to attend to his case. 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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 (Hunchback, this, Christian, police), 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:pg128:19:82 # text = Oho!" he went on, looking closer, "so this is the way a Christian has the impudence to treat a Mussulman!" and seizing the merchant in a firm grasp he took him to the inspector of police, who threw him into prison till the judge should be out of bed and ready to attend to his case. 1 Oho oho NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 csubj _ _ 9 closer close ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 13 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 impudence impudence NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 treat treat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Mussulman mussulman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ! ! PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 firm firm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 grasp grasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 inspector inspector NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 till till ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 53 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 cop _ _ 55 out out ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 conj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 xcomp _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** *in a quote* | past | Hunchback | | | | | Oho *vocative* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | close *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | present | this | the way | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | present | a Christian | the impudence | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impudence=Patient | | 5 | **treat** | to-infinitive | a Christian *not said here* | a Mussulman | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mussulman=Recipient | | 6 | **seize** *in a quote* | gerund | | the merchant | | a firm grasp | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merchant=Theme | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | past | Hunchback | Mussulman | | the inspector of police | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to inspector=Destination | | 8 | **throw** *in a quote* | past | police | Hunchback | | | till the judge | into prison *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into prison=Result | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | should | looking | | | bed | | | tree rules | | 10 | **be** *in a quote* | | looking *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **attend** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | looking *not said here* | | | | | to Hunchback's case | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to case=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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/)