--- title: The emir accepted the condition, and the king led him to the princes… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The emir accepted the condition, and the king led him to the princess, who, veiling her face, remarked, "I am surprised, sire, that you should bring an unknown man into my presence." Who acts: emir, king, princess, 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 (emir, king, princess, 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:pg128:24:61 # text = The emir accepted the condition, and the king led him to the princess, who, veiling her face, remarked, "I am surprised, sire, that you should bring an unknown man into my presence." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 emir emir NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 accepted accept 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 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 veiling veil VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 remarked remark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | past | the emir | the condition | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Theme | | 2 | **lead** | past | the king | emir | the princess | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to princess=Destination | | 3 | **veil** | gerund | the princess | Princess's face | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Destination | | 4 | **remark** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | sire *vocative*; surprised *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | should | you | a unknown man | | my presence | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme into presence=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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)