--- title: So the first time the Sultana Fatima saw her son she told him she ha… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: So the first time the Sultana Fatima saw her son she told him she had heard of his refusal to marry, adding how distressed she felt that he should have vexed his father so much. Who acts: Sultana Fatima, Fatima, son. 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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 (Sultana Fatima, Fatima, son), 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:pg128:22:97 # text = So the first time the Sultana Fatima saw her son she told him she had heard of his refusal to marry, adding how distressed she felt that he should have vexed his father so much. 1 So so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Sultana Sultana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Fatima Fatima PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 adding add VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 24 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 25 distressed distress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux _ _ 32 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 much much ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the Sultana Fatima | Fatima's son | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Fatima | | son | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **hear** | past · perfect | Fatima | | | | | of son's refusal | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of refusal=Stimulus | | 4 | **marry** | to-infinitive | Fatima *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | Fatima *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **distress** | participle | Fatima *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **feel** | past | Fatima | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **vex** | should · perfect | son | son's father | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus father=Experiencer | | 9 | **refuse** | | son | | | | | | nom refusal «communication 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/98/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/)