--- title: The emir, who had expected to hear the princess talk nonsense, findi… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The emir, who had expected to hear the princess talk nonsense, finding how calm and reasonable she was, assured the king that he could not venture to undertake a cure, but placed his head at his Majesty's disposal, on which the justly irritated monarch promptly had it cut off. Who acts: emir, prince --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/65/) [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/) / 65 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 24, sentence 65 The emir, who had expected to hear the princess talk nonsense, finding how calm and reasonable she was, assured the king that he could not venture to undertake a cure, but placed his head at his Majesty's disposal, on which the justly irritated monarch promptly had it cut off. **Who acts:** emir, princess, irritated monarch, head · **What happens:** expect, hear, talk, find, assure, not venture · **To what, where:** emir, princess, nonsense, cure, head, disposal · **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 (emir, princess, irritated monarch, head), 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:pg128:24:65 # text = The emir, who had expected to hear the princess talk nonsense, finding how calm and reasonable she was, assured the king that he could not venture to undertake a cure, but placed his head at his Majesty's disposal, on which the justly irritated monarch promptly had it cut off. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 emir emir NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 nonsense nonsense NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 15 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 16 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 reasonable reasonable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 assured assure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 venture venture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 undertake undertake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 disposal disposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 obl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 justly justly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 irritated irritate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 amod _ _ 50 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 promptly promptly ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 xcomp _ _ 55 off off ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expect** | past · perfect · passive | | the emir | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the emir *not said here* | the princess | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **talk** | infinitive | the princess *not said here* | nonsense | | | | | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent nonsense=Patient | | 4 | **find** | gerund | the emir *not said here* | | | | | calm *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **assure** | past · passive | | Princess | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary king=Theme | | 6 | **not** **venture** | could | emir | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **undertake** | to-infinitive | emir *not said here* | a cure | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cure=Eventuality | | 8 | **place** | past | the emir | emir's head | | emir's Majesty's disposal | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme at disposal=Destination | | 9 | **irritate** | participle | | | | | | justly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **have** | past | the irritated monarch | head | | | | promptly *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **cut off** | participle | head *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/66/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)