--- title: My brother became the slave of a man who beat him daily, hoping to d… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: My brother became the slave of a man who beat him daily, hoping to drive him to offer a ransom, although, as Schacabac pointed out, it was quite useless trouble, as his relations were as poor as himself. Who acts: brother, man, Schacabac, ransom. 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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, man, Schacabac, ransom), 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:pg128:22:21 # text = My brother became the slave of a man who beat him daily, hoping to drive him to offer a ransom, although, as Schacabac pointed out, it was quite useless trouble, as his relations were as poor as himself. 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 3 nsubj _ _ 3 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 daily daily ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ransom ransom NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 although although SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 Schacabac Schacabac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 pointed point VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 quite quite ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 relations relation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | My brother | the slave of a man | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **beat** | past | a man | brother | | | | daily *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | | 3 | **hope** | gerund | My brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **drive** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | My brother *not said here* | brother | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **offer** | to-infinitive | My brother *not said here* | a ransom | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent ransom=Theme | | 6 | **point out** | past | Schacabac | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | ransom | useless trouble | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | brother's relations | | | | | as brother; poor *property* | tree rules | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/22/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/)