--- title: Indeed, he raised his hand to strike him a second time, when the Bar… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Indeed, he raised his hand to strike him a second time, when the Barmecide cried out that he was mad, upon which my brother controlled himself, and apologised and protested that it was all the fault of the wine he had drunk. Who acts: Barmecide, brother, hand. 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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 (Barmecide, brother, hand), 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:pg128:22:10 # text = Indeed, he raised his hand to strike him a second time, when the Barmecide cried out that he was mad, upon which my brother controlled himself, and apologised and protested that it was all the fault of the wine he had drunk. 1 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Barmecide Barmecide PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 controlled control VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 apologised apologise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 protested protest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | past | Barmecide | Barmecide's hand | | | | indeed *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 2 | **strike** | to-infinitive | Barmecide *not said here* | Barmecide | | | time | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 3 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | the Barmecide | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | Barmecide | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **control** | past | my brother | Barmecide | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 6 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | past | | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | past | hand | all fault | | | | of the wine | tree rules | | 9 | **drink** | past · perfect | Barmecide | the wine *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/)