--- title: The hangman did as he was bid, and was tying the cord firmly, when h… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The hangman did as he was bid, and was tying the cord firmly, when he was stopped by the voice of the Jewish doctor beseeching him to pause, for he had something very important to say. Who acts: hangman, voice, Jewish doctor, something. 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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 (hangman, voice, Jewish doctor, something), 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:pg128:19:99 # text = The hangman did as he was bid, and was tying the cord firmly, when he was stopped by the voice of the Jewish doctor beseeching him to pause, for he had something very important to say. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hangman hangman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 bid bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 tying tie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 Jewish Jewish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 beseeching beseech VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 pause pause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 35 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obj _ _ 36 very very ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the hangman | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bid** | past · passive | | hangman | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tie** | past · progressive | the hangman *not said here* | the cord | | | | firmly *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient | | 4 | **stop** | past · passive | the voice of the Jewish doctor | hangman | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **beseech** | gerund | the Jewish doctor *not said here* | hangman | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pause** | to-infinitive | the Jewish doctor *not said here* | | | | | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | past | hangman | something | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | something *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/100/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/19/)