--- title: He then visited the prince's mother, and after telling her of his di… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: He then visited the prince's mother, and after telling her of his disappointment and of the further respite he had given his son, he added: "I know that Camaralzaman confides more in you than he does in me. Who acts: son, Camaralzaman. 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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 (son, Camaralzaman), 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:pg128:22:95 # text = He then visited the prince's mother, and after telling her of his disappointment and of the further respite he had given his son, he added: "I know that Camaralzaman confides more in you than he does in me. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 visited visit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 10 after after SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 disappointment disappointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 respite respite NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 Camaralzaman Camaralzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 confides confide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 39 than than SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | past | son | the prince's mother | | | then | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Co-Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | son *not said here* | | assemblage | | | of son's disappointment and the further respite | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 3 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | son | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient son=Theme | | 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | present | son | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **confide** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Camaralzaman | more | | | | in you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | present | son | | | | | in son | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **disappoint** | | son | | | | | | nom disappointment «feeling transitive»: 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/96/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/)