--- title: To this my brother at first objected, declaring that it was forbidde… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: To this my brother at first objected, declaring that it was forbidden; but on the Barmecide insisting that it was out of the question that he should drink by himself, he consented to take a little. Who acts: Barmecide, wine. 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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, wine), 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:pg128:22:8 # text = To this my brother at first objected, declaring that it was forbidden; but on the Barmecide insisting that it was out of the question that he should drink by himself, he consented to take a little. 1 To to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 at at SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ _ 7 objected object VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 declaring declare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 forbidden forbid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Barmecide barmecide NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 19 insisting insist VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 23 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **object** *speech: other* | participle | | | my brother | | | first *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **forbid** | past · passive | | wine | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **insist** *speech: other* | gerund | the Barmecide *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | wine | | | the question | | | tree rules | | 6 | **drink** | should | Barmecide | the question *not said here* | | | | by Barmecide | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Patient | | 7 | **consent** | past | Barmecide | | | the Barmecide | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **take** | to-infinitive | Barmecide *not said here* | a little | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Theme | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/9/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/)