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# The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 27, sentence 59

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At length the princess felt that the time had come to put an end to her own and the prince's suspense, and having arranged all her plans with the Princess Haiatelnefous, she informed Camaralzaman that she wished his advice on some important business, and, to avoid being disturbed, desired him to come to the palace that evening.

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**Who acts:** princess, time · **What happens:** feel, come, put, arrange, inform, wish · **To what, where:** length, end, plans, Camaralzaman, advice, important business · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, time), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg128:27:59
# text = At length the princess felt that the time had come to put an end to her own and the prince's suspense, and having arranged all her plans with the Princess Haiatelnefous, she informed Camaralzaman that she wished his advice on some important business, and, to avoid being disturbed, desired him to come to the palace that evening.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	suspense	suspense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	aux	_	_
26	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
27	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	29	det:predet	_	_
28	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
30	with	with	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	Haiatelnefous	Haiatelnefous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	informed	inform	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
37	Camaralzaman	Camaralzaman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	iobj	_	_
38	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
39	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	ccomp	_	_
41	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
43	on	on	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	46	det	_	_
45	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
51	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
52	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	53	aux:pass	_	_
53	disturbed	disturb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	51	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	desired	desire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
56	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obj	_	_
57	to	to	PART	TO	_	58	mark	_	_
58	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	xcomp	_	_
59	to	to	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
62	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	63	det	_	_
63	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | the princess |  |  | length |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past · perfect | the time |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **put** | to-infinitive | the time *not said here* | a end |  |  |  | to princess's own | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent end=Goal |
| 4 | **arrange** | gerund · perfect | the princess *not said here* | princess's plans |  |  |  | with the Princess Haiatelnefous | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent plan=Patient with haiatelnefous=Instrument |
| 5 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | princess |  | Camaralzaman |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent camaralzaman=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 6 | **wish** | past | princess | Camaralzaman's advice |  | some important business |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot advice=Theme |
| 7 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 8 | **disturb** | gerund · passive | the princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 9 | **desire** | past | the princess *not said here* | Camaralzaman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | the palace |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location palace=Theme |
| 11 | **plan** |  | princess |  |  |  |  | with the Princess Haiatelnefous | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |

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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.

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**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.

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