--- title: The Barmecide, however, pretended to fill their glasses so often, th… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The Barmecide, however, pretended to fill their glasses so often, that my brother feigned that the wine had gone into his head, and struck the Barmecide such a blow on the head, that he fell to the ground. Who acts: brother, wine, Barmecide. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/9/) [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/) / 9 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 22, sentence 9 The Barmecide, however, pretended to fill their glasses so often, that my brother feigned that the wine had gone into his head, and struck the Barmecide such a blow on the head, that he fell to the ground. **Who acts:** brother, wine, Barmecide · **What happens:** pretend, fill, feign, go, strike, fall · **To what, where:** Barmecide, glasses, head 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 (brother, wine, Barmecide), 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:pg128:22:9 # text = The Barmecide, however, pretended to fill their glasses so often, that my brother feigned that the wine had gone into his head, and struck the Barmecide such a blow on the head, that he fell to the ground. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Barmecide barmecide NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 pretended pretend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 fill fill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 glasses glass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 often often ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 feigned feign VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Barmecide barmecide NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 33 det:predet _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | participle · passive | | the Barmecide | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fill** | to-infinitive | | merits's glasses | | | | often *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent glass=Patient | | 3 | **feign** | past | my brother | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | past · perfect | the wine | | | Barmecide's head | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into head=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **strike** | past | | the Barmecide | | the head | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent barmecide=Patient blow=Result | | 6 | **fall** | past | Barmecide | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/)