--- title: The prime minister, who was the only person admitted, felt it his du… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The prime minister, who was the only person admitted, felt it his duty at last to tell the king how much the court and all the people complained of his seclusion, and how bad it was for the nation. Who acts: prime minister, people, affair. 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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 (prime minister, people, affair), 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:pg128:24:35 # text = The prime minister, who was the only person admitted, felt it his duty at last to tell the king how much the court and all the people complained of his seclusion, and how bad it was for the nation. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 prime prime ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 10 admitted admit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 23 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 complained complain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 seclusion seclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 37 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the prime minister | the only person | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | participle | | the only person *not said here* | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **feel** | past | the prime minister | affair | | last | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme duty=Eventuality | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the prime minister *not said here* | the much court | the king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient court=Topic | | 5 | **complain** *speech: other* | past | all people | | | | | of king's seclusion | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | affair | | | | | for the nation | tree rules | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/36/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)