--- title: King Armanos, delighted with the success of his plans, lost no time… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: King Armanos, delighted with the success of his plans, lost no time in assembling his court and council, to whom he presented his successor, and placing his future son-in-law on the throne made everyone do homage and take oaths of allegiance to the new king. 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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 (King Armanos, time, Armanos, placing), 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:pg128:26:30 # text = King Armanos, delighted with the success of his plans, lost no time in assembling his court and council, to whom he presented his successor, and placing his future son-in-law on the throne made everyone do homage and take oaths of allegiance to the new king. 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Armanos Armanos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 in in SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 assembling assemble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 successor successor NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 30 placing place VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 csubj _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 42 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 41 obj _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 homage homage NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 47 oaths oath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 allegiance allegiance NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | King Armanos | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **assemble** | gerund | no time *not said here* | Armanos's court and council | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent court=Theme | | 3 | **present** | past | Armanos | Armanos's successor | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent successor=Theme | | 4 | **place** | gerund | | Armanos's future son | | law on the throne | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme in law=Destination | | 5 | **make** | past | placing | everyone | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* | homage | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homage=Eventuality | | 7 | **take** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* | oaths of allegiance | the new king | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent oath=Theme to king=Destination | | 8 | **plan** | | Armanos | | | | | | nom plan «cognition 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/26/)