--- title: These words caused the prince to open his eyes with languid curiosit… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: These words caused the prince to open his eyes with languid curiosity, and Marzavan seized this moment to pay him his compliments, contriving at the same time to express the condition of the Princess of China in terms unintelligible, indeed, to the Sultan and his vizir, but which left the prince in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/91/) [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/) / 91 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 24, sentence 91 These words caused the prince to open his eyes with languid curiosity, and Marzavan seized this moment to pay him his compliments, contriving at the same time to express the condition of the Princess of China in terms unintelligible, indeed, to the Sultan and his vizir, but which left the prince in no doubt that his visitor could give him some welcome information. **Who acts:** words, prince, Marzavan, visitor, word · **What happens:** cause, open, seize, pay, contrive, express · **To what, where:** prince, eyes, condition, terms, doubt, welcome information 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, prince, Marzavan, visitor), 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:pg128:24:91 # text = These words caused the prince to open his eyes with languid curiosity, and Marzavan seized this moment to pay him his compliments, contriving at the same time to express the condition of the Princess of China in terms unintelligible, indeed, to the Sultan and his vizir, but which left the prince in no doubt that his visitor could give him some welcome information. 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 languid languid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 Marzavan Marzavan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 compliments compliment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 contriving contrive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 express express VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 41 unintelligible unintelligible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 59 det _ _ 59 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 visitor visitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 63 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 acl _ _ 65 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 iobj _ _ 66 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 68 det _ _ 67 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past | this words | the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **open** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | word's eyes | | | | with languid curiosity | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent eye=Patient with curiosity=Instrument | | 3 | **seize** | past | Marzavan | | | | moment | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pay** | to-infinitive | Marzavan *not said here* | | prince | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient compliment=Asset | | 5 | **contrive** | gerund | Marzavan *not said here* | | | | time | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **express** | to-infinitive | Marzavan *not said here* | the condition of the Princess of China | | terms | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Theme | | 7 | **leave** | past | | the prince | | no doubt | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Theme in doubt=Location | | 8 | **give** | could | word's visitor | some welcome information | prince | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient information=Theme | | 9 | **compliment** | | word | | | | | | nom compliment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **condition** | | | the Princess of China | | | | | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/92/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)