--- title: "In order to satisfy him and as he is so poor," said the princess, "… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "In order to satisfy him and as he is so poor," said the princess, "I will order a thousand pieces of gold to be given you, which you will be sure to remit to him." Who acts: captain, princess, Sire, you. 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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 (captain, princess, Sire, you), 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:pg128:27:11 # text = "In order to satisfy him and as he is so poor," said the princess, "I will order a thousand pieces of gold to be given you, which you will be sure to remit to him." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 In in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 5 mark _ _ 3 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 fixed _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 satisfy satisfy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 order order VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 ccomp _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 remit remit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **satisfy** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | captain | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | captain | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **order** *in a quote* | future | Sire | thousand pieces of gold | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | Sire *not said here* | | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: you=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **remit** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | captain | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/12/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/)