--- title: After the usual compliments had passed between them she said, "We ar… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: After the usual compliments had passed between them she said, "We are not comfortable here, let us go into another room," and passing into a smaller chamber, apparently communicating with no other, she continued to talk to him for some time. Who acts: lady, We, you, us. A sentence of «The Arabian Ni --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/) / 22 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 21, sentence 22 After the usual compliments had passed between them she said, "We are not comfortable here, let us go into another room," and passing into a smaller chamber, apparently communicating with no other, she continued to talk to him for some time. **Who acts:** lady, We, you, us · **What happens:** pass, say, not be, let, go, communicate · **To what, where:** usual compliments, us, room, smaller chamber, door · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lady, We, you, us), 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:pg128:21:22 # text = After the usual compliments had passed between them she said, "We are not comfortable here, let us go into another room," and passing into a smaller chamber, apparently communicating with no other, she continued to talk to him for some time. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 compliments compliment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 7 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 17 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 19 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 28 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 amod _ _ 32 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 communicating communicate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 48 det _ _ 48 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | | the usual compliments | | | | between brother | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme between they=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lady | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | We | | | here | | comfortable *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **let** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | another room | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **pass** | gerund | lady *not said here* | | | a smaller chamber | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into chamber=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **communicate** | gerund | lady *not said here* | | | | | with no other; apparently *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with other=Co-Agent | | 8 | **continue** | past | lady | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **talk** | to-infinitive | lady *not said here* | | door | | time | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/)