--- title: The king approved the plan, and as soon as the castle on the island… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The king approved the plan, and as soon as the castle on the island could be prepared for their reception he and the prince arrived there, Schahzaman never leaving his son except for the prescribed public audiences twice a week. Who acts: king, Schahzaman, scenery. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/) / 37 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 24, sentence 37 The king approved the plan, and as soon as the castle on the island could be prepared for their reception he and the prince arrived there, Schahzaman never leaving his son except for the prescribed public audiences twice a week. **Who acts:** king, Schahzaman, scenery · **What happens:** approve, prepare, arrive, not leave, prescribe, receive · **To what, where:** plan, reception, son This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 24. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, Schahzaman, scenery), 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:pg128:24:37 # text = The king approved the plan, and as soon as the castle on the island could be prepared for their reception he and the prince arrived there, Schahzaman never leaving his son except for the prescribed public audiences twice a week. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 approved approve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 8 as as ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 reception reception NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 26 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 27 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 Schahzaman Schahzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 except except ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 prescribed prescribe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 38 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 audiences audience NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 40 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 31 advmod _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approve** | past | the king | the plan | | | | | vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Beneficiary | | 2 | **prepare** | could · passive | | | | | | for scenery's reception; soon *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: for reception=Beneficiary | | 3 | **arrive** | past | king | scenery's reception *not said here* | | there | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **leave** | gerund | Schahzaman | king's son | | | | except the prescribed public audiences; twice *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | | 5 | **prescribe** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **receive** | | scenery | | | | | | nom reception «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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/38/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)