--- title: The hangman, recognising the usher as one of the king's servants, cu… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The hangman, recognising the usher as one of the king's servants, cut down the tailor, and the usher, seeing the man was safe, sought the chief of police and gave him the Sultan's message. Who acts: hangman, man. 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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, man), 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:pg128:20:24 # text = The hangman, recognising the usher as one of the king's servants, cut down the tailor, and the usher, seeing the man was safe, sought the chief of police and gave him the Sultan's message. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hangman hangman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 recognising recognise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 usher usher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 16 down down ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 usher usher NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 30 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recognise** | gerund | the hangman and the usher *not said here* | the usher | | | | as one of the king's servants | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer usher=Stimulus as one=Attribute | | 2 | **cut down** | participle | the hangman and the usher *not said here* | the tailor | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tailor=Product | | 3 | **see** | gerund | the hangman and the usher *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | the man | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **seek** | past | the hangman and the usher | the chief of police | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | the hangman and the usher *not said here* | the Sultan's message | usher | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient message=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/)