--- title: The cord was placed round the Jew's neck, and his feet had already c… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The cord was placed round the Jew's neck, and his feet had already ceased to touch the ground when the voice of the tailor was heard beseeching the executioner to pause one moment and to listen to what he had to say. Who acts: voice, chief. 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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 (voice, chief), 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:pg128:20:2 # text = The cord was placed round the Jew's neck, and his feet had already ceased to touch the ground when the voice of the tailor was heard beseeching the executioner to pause one moment and to listen to what he had to say. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 round round ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Jew Jew PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 already already ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 29 beseeching beseech VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 executioner executioner NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 pause pause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past · passive | | the cord | | | | round the Jew's neck | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **cease** | past · perfect · passive | | chief's feet | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **touch** | to-infinitive | | the ground | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme | | 4 | **hear** | past · passive | | the voice of the tailor | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **beseech** | gerund | the voice of the tailor *not said here* | the executioner | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pause** | to-infinitive | the voice of the tailor *not said here* | | | | moment | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **listen** | to-infinitive | the voice of the tailor *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to what=Theme | | 8 | **have** | past | chief | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | chief *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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/)