--- title: So saying the king took Camaralzaman by the hand and led him back to… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: So saying the king took Camaralzaman by the hand and led him back to the palace, where the prince took to his bed and gave himself up to despair, and the king shutting himself up with his son entirely neglected the affairs of state. Who acts: saying, prince, king. 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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 (saying, prince, king), 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:pg128:24:34 # text = So saying the king took Camaralzaman by the hand and led him back to the palace, where the prince took to his bed and gave himself up to despair, and the king shutting himself up with his son entirely neglected the affairs of state. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 csubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Camaralzaman Camaralzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 27 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 iobj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 despair despair VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 35 shutting shut VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 neglected neglect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | the king | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent king=Topic | | 2 | **take** | past | saying | | Camaralzaman | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument camaralzaman=Destination | | 3 | **lead back** | past | saying *not said here* | king | | the palace | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to palace=Destination | | 4 | **take** | past | the prince | | | | | to prince's bed *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result | | 5 | **give up** | past | the prince *not said here* | | king | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Source | | 6 | **despair** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **shut up** | gerund | the king *not said here* | king | | | | with prince's son | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent himself=Patient with son=Instrument | | 8 | **neglect** | past | the king | the affairs of state | | | | entirely *property* | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affair=Theme | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)