--- title: Here Marzavan begged the prince to wait for him, and leading the gro… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Here Marzavan begged the prince to wait for him, and leading the groom's horse into a dense part of the wood he cut its throat, dipped the prince's coat in its blood, and having rejoined the prince threw the coat on the ground where the roads parted. Who acts: Marzavan, prince, roads. 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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 (Marzavan, prince, roads), 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:pg128:25:8 # text = Here Marzavan begged the prince to wait for him, and leading the groom's horse into a dense part of the wood he cut its throat, dipped the prince's coat in its blood, and having rejoined the prince threw the coat on the ground where the roads parted. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Marzavan Marzavan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 groom groom NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 dense dense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 dipped dip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 aux _ _ 40 rejoined rejoin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 49 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 52 advmod _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 52 parted part VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Marzavan | | the prince | here | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **wait** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Marzavan *not said here* | | | | | for Marzavan | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **lead** | gerund | Marzavan *not said here* | the groom's horse | | a dense part of the wood | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme into part=Destination | | 4 | **cut** | past | Marzavan | wood's throat | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throat=Product | | 5 | **dip** | past | Marzavan *not said here* | the prince's coat | | coat's blood | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent coat=Theme in blood=Trajectory | | 6 | **rejoin** | gerund · perfect | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **throw** | past | the prince | the coat | | the ground | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent coat=Theme on ground=Destination | | 8 | **part** | past | the roads | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/9/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/25/)