--- title: Camaralzaman was much surprised at hearing the king--whom he never s… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Camaralzaman was much surprised at hearing the king--whom he never suspected of being a woman in disguise--asserting their acquaintance, for he felt sure he had never seen her before. Who acts: Camaralzaman, women. 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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 (Camaralzaman, women), 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:pg128:27:49 # text = Camaralzaman was much surprised at hearing the king--whom he never suspected of being a woman in disguise--asserting their acquaintance, for he felt sure he had never seen her before. 1 Camaralzaman Camaralzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 at at SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 obl _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 suspected suspect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 asserting assert VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 ccomp _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 before before ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Camaralzaman | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | gerund | Camaralzaman *not said here* | the king | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **suspect** | past | Camaralzaman | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | gerund | | | | disguise | | of a woman | tree rules | | 5 | **assert** | gerund | Camaralzaman *not said here* | women's acquaintance | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acquaintance=Theme | | 6 | **feel** | past | Camaralzaman | | | | | sure *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | Camaralzaman | colleague | | | | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 8 | **acquaint** | | women *= woman* | | | | | | nom acquaintance «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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/50/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/)