--- title: At the close of her narrative the princess said, "Sire, as our relig… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: At the close of her narrative the princess said, "Sire, as our religion allows a man to have more than one wife, I would beg your Majesty to give your daughter, the Princess Haiatelnefous, in marriage to Prince Camaralzaman. Who acts: princess, religion, Majesty. 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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 (princess, religion, Majesty), 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:pg128:27:80 # text = At the close of her narrative the princess said, "Sire, as our religion allows a man to have more than one wife, I would beg your Majesty to give your daughter, the Princess Haiatelnefous, in marriage to Prince Camaralzaman. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 close close NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 religion religion NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 allows allow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 22 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 24 advmod _ _ 23 than than ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Haiatelnefous Haiatelnefous PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 Camaralzaman Camaralzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the princess | | | the close of princess's narrative | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **allow** *in a quote* | present | our religion | | a man | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Beneficiary | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | our religion *not said here* | one wife | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | would | the princess *= princess* | your Majesty | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent majesty=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | your Majesty *not said here* | your daughter | | marriage to Prince | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/)