--- title: "Sire," replied they, "the hunchback having drunk more than was good… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Sire," replied they, "the hunchback having drunk more than was good for him, escaped from the palace and was seen wandering about the town, where this morning he was found dead. Who acts: Sire, hunchback, knots. 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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 (Sire, hunchback, knots), 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:pg128:20:19 # text = "Sire," replied they, "the hunchback having drunk more than was good for him, escaped from the palace and was seen wandering about the town, where this morning he was found dead. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hunchback hunchback NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 11 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 drunk drunk ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 11 obj _ _ 14 than than ADP IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 27 wandering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 xcomp _ _ 28 about about ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 38 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Sire | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | the hunchback *not said here* | more | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | knots *= knot* | | | | | for hunchback; good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **escape** *in a quote* | past | | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from palace=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | past · passive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **wonder** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | about the town | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about town=Stimulus | | 7 | **find** *in a quote* | past · passive | | this morning | | | | dead *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/)