--- title: The prince begged his father to allow him the favour of a private in… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The prince begged his father to allow him the favour of a private interview with Marzavan, and the king was only too pleased to find his son taking an interest in anyone or anything. Who acts: prince, king, son. 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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 (prince, king, son), 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:pg128:24:92 # text = The prince begged his father to allow him the favour of a private interview with Marzavan, and the king was only too pleased to find his son taking an interest in anyone or anything. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 begged beg 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 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 interview interview NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Marzavan Marzavan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 only only ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 too too ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 xcomp _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 obl _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the prince | | prince's father | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent father=Recipient | | 2 | **allow** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | the favour of a private interview with Marzavan | prince | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal favour=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | prince's son | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent son=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **take** | gerund | prince's son *not said here* | a interest | | anyone | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent interest=Value in anyone=Location | | 6 | **favour** | | | a private interview with Marzavan | | | | | nom favour «feeling 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)