--- title: It then suddenly occurred to him, that perhaps this was the bride hi… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: It then suddenly occurred to him, that perhaps this was the bride his father had destined for him, and that the King had probably had her placed in this room in order to see how far Camaralzaman's aversion to marriage would withstand her charms. Who acts: need, this, King, aversion. 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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 (need, this, King, aversion), 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:pg128:23:93 # text = It then suddenly occurred to him, that perhaps this was the bride his father had destined for him, and that the King had probably had her placed in this room in order to see how far Camaralzaman's aversion to marriage would withstand her charms. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 occurred occur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 9 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 destined destine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 26 probably probably ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 34 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 fixed _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 37 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 38 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 39 Camaralzaman Camaralzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 aversion aversion NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 withstand withstand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 charms charm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occur** | past | need | | heart | | then | suddenly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | this | the bride | | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **destine** | past · perfect · passive | | the bride | | | | for heart | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | the King | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | past | need *not said here* | bride | | | | probably *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent her=Patient | | 6 | **place** | participle | | | | this room | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in room=Destination | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **withstand** | would | Camaralzaman's aversion to marriage | aversion's charms | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **avert** | | Camaralzaman | | | | | to marriage | nom aversion «feeling transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/94/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/23/)