--- title: The queen was much surprised by these words, but when she declared t… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The queen was much surprised by these words, but when she declared that she knew nothing whatever of the matter the princess lost all respect, and answered that if she were not allowed to marry as she wished she should kill herself, and it was in vain that the queen tried to pacify her and bring her --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/55/) [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/) / 55 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 24, sentence 55 The queen was much surprised by these words, but when she declared that she knew nothing whatever of the matter the princess lost all respect, and answered that if she were not allowed to marry as she wished she should kill herself, and it was in vain that the queen tried to pacify her and bring her to reason. **Who acts:** words, queen, princess, respect · **What happens:** surprise, declare, know, lose, answer, not allow · **To what, where:** queen, nothing, whatever, Princess, reason · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (words, queen, princess, respect), 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:pg128:24:55 # text = The queen was much surprised by these words, but when she declared that she knew nothing whatever of the matter the princess lost all respect, and answered that if she were not allowed to marry as she wished she should kill herself, and it was in vain that the queen tried to pacify her and bring her to reason. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 surprised surprise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 17 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 16 obj _ _ 18 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 26 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 44 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 pacify pacify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 conj _ _ 60 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surprise** | past · passive | this words | the queen | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | queen | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **know** | past | queen | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 4 | **lose** | past | the princess | whatever | | | | of the matter | tree rules | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **allow** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | Princess | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **wish** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **kill** | should | Princess | Princess | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | respect | | | | | vain *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **try** | past | the queen | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 12 | **pacify** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | Princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 13 | **bring** | infinitive | the queen *not said here* | Princess | | reason | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to reason=Destination | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)