--- title: Then the old man leading the hind threw himself at the monster's fee… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Then the old man leading the hind threw himself at the monster's feet and said, "O Prince of the Genii, I beg of you to stay your fury and to listen to me. Who acts: old man, your. 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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 (old man, your), 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:pg128:2:72 # text = Then the old man leading the hind threw himself at the monster's feet and said, "O Prince of the Genii, I beg of you to stay your fury and to listen to me. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hind hind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ 8 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 O O PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Genii Genii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | gerund | the old man *not said here* | the hind | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hind=Theme | | 2 | **throw** | past | the old man | man | | the monster's feet | then | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at foot=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present | the old man *= man* | | | | | of you | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **stay** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the old man *= man* *not said here* | your fury | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme fury=Location | | 6 | **listen** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the old man *= man* *not said here* | | the old man *= man* | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to i=Theme | | 7 | **infuriate** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom fury «feeling transitive»: 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/)