--- title: The prince was punctual, and was received in the private apartment,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The prince was punctual, and was received in the private apartment, when, having ordered her attendants to withdraw, the princess took from a small box the talisman, and, handing it to Camaralzaman, said: "Not long ago an astrologer gave me this talisman. 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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 (prince, having, attendants, princess), 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:pg128:27:60 # text = The prince was punctual, and was received in the private apartment, when, having ordered her attendants to withdraw, the princess took from a small box the talisman, and, handing it to Camaralzaman, said: "Not long ago an astrologer gave me this talisman. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 punctual punctual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 apartment apartment NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 csubj _ _ 17 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 withdraw withdraw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 talisman talisman NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 handing hand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 ccomp _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Camaralzaman Camaralzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 45 ago ago ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 46 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 astrologer astrologer NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 iobj _ _ 50 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 talisman talisman NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the prince | | | | | punctual *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **receive** | past · passive | the prince *not said here* | | | the private apartment | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: in apartment=Location | | 3 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **order** | past | having | princess's attendants | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent attendant=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **withdraw** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princess's attendants *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **take** | past | the princess | | | a small box and the talisman | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from box=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **hand** | gerund | | talisman | Camaralzaman | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to camaralzaman=Destination | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **give** *in a quote* | past | a astrologer | this talisman | me | | | ago *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient talisman=Theme | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/)