--- title: At the end of a year the king took his son aside, and said: "Well, m… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: At the end of a year the king took his son aside, and said: "Well, my son, have you changed your mind on the subject of marriage, or do you still refuse to obey my wish?" Who acts: king, you, your, my. 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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 (king, you, your, my), 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:pg128:22:87 # text = At the end of a year the king took his son aside, and said: "Well, my son, have you changed your mind on the subject of marriage, or do you still refuse to obey my wish?" 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 aside aside ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Well well INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 still still ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 refuse refuse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the king | king's son | | | at the end of a year | aside *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent son=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **change** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | your mind | | the subject of marriage | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 4 | **refuse** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | still | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **obey** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | my wish | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme | | 6 | **mind** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **wish** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/88/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/)