--- title: Sorry though the king felt at the idea of parting with his daughter,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Sorry though the king felt at the idea of parting with his daughter, he felt her request to be so reasonable that he could not refuse it, and made but one condition, which was that she should only spend one year at the court of King Schahzaman, suggesting that in future the young couple should visit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/70/) [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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/) / 70 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 25, sentence 70 Sorry though the king felt at the idea of parting with his daughter, he felt her request to be so reasonable that he could not refuse it, and made but one condition, which was that she should only spend one year at the court of King Schahzaman, suggesting that in future the young couple should visit their respective parents alternately. **Who acts:** king, one condition, young couple, Majesty · **What happens:** feel, be, not refuse, make, suggest, visit · **To what, where:** idea, request, one condition, court, respective parents, future · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, one condition, young couple, Majesty), 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:pg128:25:70 # text = Sorry though the king felt at the idea of parting with his daughter, he felt her request to be so reasonable that he could not refuse it, and made but one condition, which was that she should only spend one year at the court of King Schahzaman, suggesting that in future the young couple should visit their respective parents alternately. 1 Sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 parting parting NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 reasonable reasonable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 csubj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 only only ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 Schahzaman Schahzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 suggesting suggest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 59 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 ccomp _ _ 61 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 62 respective respective ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ _ 64 alternately alternately ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | the king | | | the idea of parting with king's daughter | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at idea=Location | | 2 | **feel** | past | king | Majesty's request | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Theme | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | reasonable *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **refuse** | could | king | request | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | king *not said here* | one condition | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset condition=Product | | 6 | **is** | should · past | one condition | | | the court of King Schahzaman | year | spend *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **visit** | should | the young couple | conditions's respective parents | | future | | alternately *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Co-Agent | | 9 | **request** | | Majesty | | | | | | nom request «communication 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:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/71/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/)