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title: The king has always received these embassies graciously, but says th… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics
description: The king has always received these embassies graciously, but says that he will never oblige the princess to marry against her will, and as she regularly declines each fresh proposal, the envoys have had to leave as disappointed in the result of their missions as they were gratified by their magnific
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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 23, sentence 33

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The king has always received these embassies graciously, but says that he will never oblige the princess to marry against her will, and as she regularly declines each fresh proposal, the envoys have had to leave as disappointed in the result of their missions as they were gratified by their magnificent receptions."

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**Who acts:** king, report, princess, envoys, magnificent receptions · **What happens:** receive, say, not oblige, marry, decline, have · **To what, where:** embassies, princess, fresh proposal, result, king, missions · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, report, princess, envoys), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg128:23:33
# text = The king has always received these embassies graciously, but says that he will never oblige the princess to marry against her will, and as she regularly declines each fresh proposal, the envoys have had to leave as disappointed in the result of their missions as they were gratified by their magnificent receptions."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	embassies	embassy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	graciously	graciously	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	oblige	oblige	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	_
21	against	against	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
26	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
27	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	regularly	regularly	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	declines	decline	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	advcl	_	_
30	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	32	det	_	_
31	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	proposal	proposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	envoys	envoy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj	_	_
36	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	_
40	as	as	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
41	disappointed	disappointed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	xcomp	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	missions	mission	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	_
48	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
49	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
50	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux:pass	_	_
51	gratified	gratify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	advcl	_	_
52	by	by	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
54	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	receptions	reception	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | present · perfect | the king | this embassies |  |  |  | always, graciously *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embassy=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **oblige** | future | report | the princess |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |
| 4 | **marry** | to-infinitive | report *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **decline** | present | princess | each fresh proposal |  |  |  | regularly *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proposal=Theme |
| 6 | **have** | present · perfect | the envoys |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **leave** | to-infinitive | the envoys *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the result of king's missions *result*; disappointed *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in result=Result |
| 8 | **gratify** | past · passive | king's magnificent receptions | king |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
| 9 | **result** |  |  | king's missions |  |  |  |  | nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
| 10 | **receive** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom reception «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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