--- title: So saying she retired to another room, where she hastily changed her… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: So saying she retired to another room, where she hastily changed her masculine attire for that of a woman, and, after putting on the girdle she wore the day they parted, returned to Camaralzaman. Who acts: Majesty, 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 (Majesty, 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:pg128:27:69 # text = So saying she retired to another room, where she hastily changed her masculine attire for that of a woman, and, after putting on the girdle she wore the day they parted, returned to Camaralzaman. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 retired retire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 masculine masculine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 attire attire NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 after after SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 parted part VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Camaralzaman Camaralzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Majesty *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **retire** | past | Majesty | | | | | to another room | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **change** | past | Majesty | Majesty's masculine attire | | | | for that; hastily *property* | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent attire=Theme for that=Co-Theme | | 4 | **put** | gerund | Majesty *not said here* | | | the girdle | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on girdle=Destination | | 5 | **wear** | past | Majesty | | | | day | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **part** | past | women *= woman* | the day *not said here* | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent day=Patient | | 7 | **return** | past | Majesty *not said here* | | Camaralzaman | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to camaralzaman=Result | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/70/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/)