--- title: My brother was not clever enough to detect that the old woman had me… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: My brother was not clever enough to detect that the old woman had merely refused the two pieces of money he had offered her in order to get more, but he inquired if she could procure him the pleasure of seeing this lady. Who acts: brother, money, mind, woman. 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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 (brother, money, mind, woman), 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:pg128:21:13 # text = My brother was not clever enough to detect that the old woman had merely refused the two pieces of money he had offered her in order to get more, but he inquired if she could procure him the pleasure of seeing this lady. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 enough enough ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 detect detect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 merely merely ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 28 mark _ _ 26 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 fixed _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 29 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 procure procure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | My brother | | | | | clever, enough *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **detect** | to-infinitive | My brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **refuse** | past · perfect · passive | | the old woman | | | | merely *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **offer** | past · perfect · passive | money *not said here* | mind | woman | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal she=Theme | | 5 | **get** | to-infinitive | money *not said here* | more | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | | 6 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | mind | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **procure** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | woman | the pleasure | mind | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary pleasure=Theme | | 8 | **see** | gerund | the pleasure *not said here* | this lady | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/)