--- title: The women will think that I am displeased at my wife's dress and wil… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The women will think that I am displeased at my wife's dress and will lead her away to put on a finer one, and I on my side shall replace the one I am wearing with another yet more splendid. Who acts: women, wife, I. 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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 (women, wife, I), 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:pg128:20:64 # text = The women will think that I am displeased at my wife's dress and will lead her away to put on a finer one, and I on my side shall replace the one I am wearing with another yet more splendid. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 displeased displease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 finer fine ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 amod _ _ 24 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 replace replace VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 38 with with SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 42 nsubj _ _ 40 yet yet ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ _ 42 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | future | the women | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **displease** | present · passive | | I | | my wife's dress | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **lead away** | future | the women *not said here* | wife | | | | away *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Patient clause=Result | | 4 | **put** | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | | | | | on a finer one | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on one=Destination | | 5 | **replace** | shall | I | the one | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Co-Theme | | 6 | **wear** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/20/)