--- title: As he was at that time deprived of the happiness of conversing with… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: As he was at that time deprived of the happiness of conversing with you, he ventured to give you his ring as a token of his love, and to take yours in exchange, which he now encloses in this letter. Who acts: happiness, 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 (happiness, Prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Checked tree.** This sentence is in the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3 (`gutenberg:pg128:2066`): parsed by Mova, then checked and patched by a teacher model under UD validation gates — Mova annot: Rust (en) → Claude Opus (medium) patches; gates UD 2.18. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg128:25:37 # text = As he was at that time deprived of the happiness of conversing with you, he ventured to give you his ring as a token of his love, and to take yours in exchange, which he now encloses in this letter. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 7 deprived deprive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 conversing converse VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 ventured venture VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 33 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 encloses enclose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deprive** | past · passive | | Prince | | | time | of the happiness | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of happiness=Theme | | 2 | **converse** *speech: other* | gerund | the happiness *not said here* | | | | | with you | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent | | 3 | **venture** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince's ring | you | | | as a token of Prince's love | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient ring=Theme | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | yours | | exchange | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent your=Value in exchange=Location | | 6 | **enclose** | present | Prince | | | this letter | now | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme which=Co-Theme | | 7 | **love** | | Prince | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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:** the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3, Apache-2.0 OR MIT. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/38/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/)