--- title: She felt that it was equally impossible to confess that she had dece… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: She felt that it was equally impossible to confess that she had deceived him, or to refuse the marriage on which he had set his heart; a refusal which might turn all his kindness to hatred and persecution. Who acts: retinue, refusal. 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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 (retinue, refusal), 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:pg128:26:24 # text = She felt that it was equally impossible to confess that she had deceived him, or to refuse the marriage on which he had set his heart; a refusal which might turn all his kindness to hatred and persecution. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 expl _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 equally equally ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 confess confess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 csubj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 deceived deceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 hatred hatred NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 persecution persecution NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | retinue | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | retinue *not said here* | | | | | equally, impossible *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **confess** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **deceive** | past · perfect · passive | | retinue | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **refuse** | to-infinitive | retinue *not said here* | the marriage | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme | | 6 | **set** | past · perfect · passive | | king | | the marriage | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme heart=Destination | | 7 | **turn** | might | a refusal | king's kindness | | hatred and persecution | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent kindness=Theme to hatred=Trajectory | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/)