--- title: The king hardly knew what to make of it all, but ended by thinking t… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The king hardly knew what to make of it all, but ended by thinking that his daughter was more crazy than ever, and without further argument he had her placed in still closer confinement, with only her nurse to wait on her and a powerful guard to keep the door. Who acts: king, daughter. 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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 (king, daughter), 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:pg128:24:57 # text = The king hardly knew what to make of it all, but ended by thinking that his daughter was more crazy than ever, and without further argument he had her placed in still closer confinement, with only her nurse to wait on her and a powerful guard to keep the door. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 by by SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 xcomp _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 21 advmod _ _ 21 crazy crazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ _ 22 than than ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 without without ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 argument argument NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 still still ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 amod _ _ 36 confinement confinement NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the king | | | | | hardly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | | ring | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary it=Product | | 3 | **end** | past | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | king's daughter | | | | | crazy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | king | Princess | | | | without further argument | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent her=Patient | | 7 | **place** | participle | | | | closer confinement | | with Princess's nurse | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in confinement=Destination | | 8 | **wait** | to-infinitive | | | | | | on Princess | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on she=Location | | 9 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | the door | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)