--- title: "Sire," said the princess, "yesterday I was the king, to-day I am on… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Sire," said the princess, "yesterday I was the king, to-day I am only the Princess of China and wife to the real Prince Camaralzaman, son of King Schahzaman, and I trust that when your Majesty shall have heard our story you will not condemn the innocent deception I have been obliged to practise." 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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 (Sire, yesterday, Majesty, 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:pg128:27:78 # text = "Sire," said the princess, "yesterday I was the king, to-day I am only the Princess of China and wife to the real Prince Camaralzaman, son of King Schahzaman, and I trust that when your Majesty shall have heard our story you will not condemn the innocent deception I have been obliged to practise." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:desc _ _ 32 Camaralzaman Camaralzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 Schahzaman Schahzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 trust trust VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 obj _ _ 43 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux _ _ 48 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 parataxis _ _ 49 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 54 condemn condemn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 ccomp _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 deception deception NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 59 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 acl:relcl _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 practise practise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Sire | the princess | | | | to the real Camaralzaman Prince | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | yesterday | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Sire | the Princess and wife | | | day | of China | tree rules | | 4 | **trust** *in a quote* | present | Sire | that | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 5 | **hear** *in a quote* | shall · perfect | your Majesty | our story | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **condemn** *in a quote* | future | you | the innocent deception | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deception=Theme | | 7 | **oblige** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Sire | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 8 | **practise** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/)