--- title: It was at this time that I rendered to the young cripple the importa… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: It was at this time that I rendered to the young cripple the important service of which you have heard, and for which, as you know, he showed such profound ingratitude, that he preferred rather to leave Bagdad than to run the risk of seeing me. Who acts: choice, I, you, brother. 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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 (choice, I, you, brother), 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:pg128:22:28 # text = It was at this time that I rendered to the young cripple the important service of which you have heard, and for which, as you know, he showed such profound ingratitude, that he preferred rather to leave Bagdad than to run the risk of seeing me. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 rendered render VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 cripple cripple NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obl _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 32 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 profound profound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 ingratitude ingratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 preferred prefer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 rather rather ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 42 Bagdad bagdad NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 than than SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 of of SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 acl _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | choice | | | | at this time | | tree rules | | 2 | **render** | past | I | this time | | | | to the young cripple | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent that=Recipient service=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | present · perfect | you | | | | | of the important service | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of which=Stimulus | | 4 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **show** | past | brother | such profound ingratitude | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ingratitude=Recipient | | 6 | **prefer** | past | brother | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | Bagdad | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bagdad=Theme | | 8 | **run** | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | the risk | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme risk=Trajectory | | 9 | **see** | gerund | the risk *not said here* | me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/)