--- title: The marriage being thus arranged, the ceremony was fixed for the fol… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The marriage being thus arranged, the ceremony was fixed for the following day, and the princess employed the intervening time in informing the officers of her suite of what had happened, assuring them that the Princess Badoura had given her full consent to the marriage. Who acts: princess, Sire. 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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 (princess, Sire), 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:pg128:26:28 # text = The marriage being thus arranged, the ceremony was fixed for the following day, and the princess employed the intervening time in informing the officers of her suite of what had happened, assuring them that the Princess Badoura had given her full consent to the marriage. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 thus thus ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 arranged arrange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 employed employ VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 intervening intervene VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 amod _ _ 22 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 in in SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 informing inform VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 suite suite NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nmod _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 assuring assure VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 Badoura Badoura PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrange** | gerund · passive | | the marriage | | | | thus *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **fix** | past · passive | | the ceremony | | | day | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **employ** | past | the princess | | | | time | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **intervene** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund | the princess *not said here* | the officers of Sire's suite of the officers of Sire's suite of the officers | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent officer=Recipient | | 7 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **assure** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | officers *= officer* | | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 9 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the Princess Badoura | | | | to the marriage | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient consent=Theme | | 10 | **consent** | | Sire | | | | | | nom consent «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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/)