--- title: "What business is that of yours?" asked the Sultan with a smile; but… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "What business is that of yours?" asked the Sultan with a smile; but seeing that the barber had some reasons for his question, he commanded that the tale of the hunchback should be told him. Who acts: Sultan, barber, hunchback. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Openin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/48/) [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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/) / 48 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 22, sentence 48 "What business is that of yours?" asked the Sultan with a smile; but seeing that the barber had some reasons for his question, he commanded that the tale of the hunchback should be told him. **Who acts:** Sultan, barber, hunchback · **What happens:** be, ask, see, have, command, tell · **To what, where:** reasons, tale, barber · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sultan, barber, hunchback), 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:pg128:22:48 # text = "What business is that of yours?" asked the Sultan with a smile; but seeing that the barber had some reasons for his question, he commanded that the tale of the hunchback should be told him. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 3 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 18 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 barber barber NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 hunchback hunchback NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 parataxis _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | of yours | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Sultan | | | | | with a smile | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | gerund | barber *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** | past | the barber | some reasons | | | | for barber's question | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | | 5 | **command** | past | barber | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should · passive | | the tale of the hunchback | barber | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic | | 7 | **question** | | barber | | | | | | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **tell** | | the hunchback | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/)