--- title: The king, his father, wanted to force him to marry, and on the princ… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The king, his father, wanted to force him to marry, and on the prince's refusal to obey he has been imprisoned in an old tower where I have just seen him." Who acts: king, Charming, I, prince. 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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 (king, Charming, I, prince), 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:pg128:23:52 # text = The king, his father, wanted to force him to marry, and on the prince's refusal to obey he has been imprisoned in an old tower where I have just seen him." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 force force VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 imprisoned imprison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 just just ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | the king and Charming's father | | | the prince's refusal | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **force** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the king and Charming's father *not said here* | Charming | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Charming *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **obey** | to-infinitive | the king and Charming's father *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **imprison** | present · perfect · passive | | Charming | | a old tower | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in tower=Destination | | 6 | **see** | present · perfect | I | Charming | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **refuse** | | the prince | | | | | | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/)