--- title: Then he assembled his council, and having told them the sad state of… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Then he assembled his council, and having told them the sad state of things, added: "If any of you can succeed in curing the princess, I will give her to him in marriage, and he shall be my heir." Who acts: king, any, I. 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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, any, I), 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:pg128:24:58 # text = Then he assembled his council, and having told them the sad state of things, added: "If any of you can succeed in curing the princess, I will give her to him in marriage, and he shall be my heir." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 assembled assemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 ccomp _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 If if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 25 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 26 in in SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 curing cure VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assemble** | past | king | king's council | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | the sad state of things | rights *= right* | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | participle | | things *not said here* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **succeed** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | any | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cure** *in a quote* | gerund | any *not said here* | the princess | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer princess=Source | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | future | I | | Princess | marriage | | to king | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to he=Recipient | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | king | my heir | | | | | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)