--- title: These words produced a great effect on the prince, who was so much c… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: These words produced a great effect on the prince, who was so much cheered by the hopes held out that he declared he felt able to get up and be dressed. Who acts: words, hopes, prince. 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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 (words, hopes, prince), 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:pg128:24:94 # text = These words produced a great effect on the prince, who was so much cheered by the hopes held out that he declared he felt able to get up and be dressed. 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 produced produce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 much much ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 cheered cheer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 26 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **produce** | past | this words | a great effect | | | | on the prince | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Result | | 2 | **cheer** | past · passive | the hopes | a great effect | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **hold out** | participle | | the hopes *not said here* | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | prince | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **feel** | past | prince | | | | | able *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **get up** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **dress** | infinitive · passive | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/95/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/24/)