--- title: He next sent letters to all the kings who had sued for the princess'… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: He next sent letters to all the kings who had sued for the princess's hand, begging they would think of her no longer, as she was quite insane, and he desired his various envoys to make it known that anyone who could cure her should have her to wife. Who acts: China, king, princess, hand. 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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 (China, king, princess, hand), 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:pg128:23:43 # text = He next sent letters to all the kings who had sued for the princess's hand, begging they would think of her no longer, as she was quite insane, and he desired his various envoys to make it known that anyone who could cure her should have her to wife. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 next next ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 sued sue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 no no ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 quite quite ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 insane insane ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 envoys envoy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 xcomp _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 44 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 50 nsubj _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | China | letters | all kings | | | next *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to king=Destination | | 2 | **sue** | past · perfect · passive | | all kings | | | | for the princess's hand | tree rules | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | China *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | would | king | | | | | of princess; long *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | princess | | | | | insane *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **desire** | past | China | China's various envoys | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot envoy=Theme | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | China *not said here* | hand | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **know** | participle | hand *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **cure** | could | | princess | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Source | | 10 | **have** | should | anyone | princess | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/)