--- title: King Armanos heard the princess with surprise and admiration, then,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: King Armanos heard the princess with surprise and admiration, then, turning to Camaralzaman, he said, "My son, as your wife, the Princess Badoura (whom I have hitherto looked on as my son-in-law), consents to share your hand and affections with my daughter, I have only to ask if this marriage is agr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/82/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/) / 82 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 27, sentence 82 King Armanos heard the princess with surprise and admiration, then, turning to Camaralzaman, he said, "My son, as your wife, the Princess Badoura (whom I have hitherto looked on as my son-in-law), consents to share your hand and affections with my daughter, I have only to ask if this marriage is agreeable to you, and if you will consent to accept the crown which the Princess Badoura deserves to wear all her life, but which she prefers to resign for love of you." **Who acts:** King, marriage, you, Princess Badoura · **What happens:** hear, turn, say, look on, share, have · **To what, where:** princess, Camaralzaman, Princess Badoura, hand, you, crown · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (King, marriage, you, Princess Badoura), 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:pg128:27:82 # text = King Armanos heard the princess with surprise and admiration, then, turning to Camaralzaman, he said, "My son, as your wife, the Princess Badoura (whom I have hitherto looked on as my son-in-law), consents to share your hand and affections with my daughter, I have only to ask if this marriage is agreeable to you, and if you will consent to accept the crown which the Princess Badoura deserves to wear all her life, but which she prefers to resign for love of you." 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Armanos Armanos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Camaralzaman Camaralzaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Badoura Badoura PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 31 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 hitherto hitherto ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 37 on on ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 consents consent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 appos _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 acl _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 affections affection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 conj _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 60 only only ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 xcomp _ _ 63 if if SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 64 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 65 det _ _ 65 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 66 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 cop _ _ 67 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 ccomp _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 72 if if SCONJ IN _ 75 mark _ _ 73 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 74 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 75 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 conj _ _ 76 to to PART TO _ 77 mark _ _ 77 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 75 xcomp _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obj _ _ 80 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 84 obj _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 82 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 83 compound _ _ 83 Badoura Badoura PROPN NNP Number=Sing 84 nsubj _ _ 84 deserves deserve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 79 acl:relcl _ _ 85 to to PART TO _ 86 mark _ _ 86 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 84 xcomp _ _ 87 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 89 det:predet _ _ 88 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 89 nmod:poss _ _ 89 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ _ 91 but but CCONJ CC _ 94 cc _ _ 92 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 94 nsubj _ _ 93 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 94 nsubj _ _ 94 prefers prefer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 95 to to PART TO _ 96 mark _ _ 96 resign resign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 94 xcomp _ _ 97 for for ADP IN _ 98 case _ _ 98 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 obl _ _ 99 of of ADP IN _ 100 case _ _ 100 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 98 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 101 . . PUNCT . _ 94 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 102 " " PUNCT '' _ 94 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | King | the princess | | | | with surprise and admiration | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | King *not said here* | | Camaralzaman | | then | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to camaralzaman=Result | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **look on** *in a quote* | present · perfect | King | the Princess Badoura | | | | as my son; hitherto *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **share** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | your hand and affections | | | | with my daughter | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | King | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | this marriage | | you | | | agreeable *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **consent** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **accept** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the crown | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | | 11 | **deserve** *in a quote* | present | the Princess Badoura | the crown | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **wear** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Princess Badoura *not said here* | princess's life | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent life=Source | | 13 | **prefer** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 14 | **resign** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | for love of you | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 15 | **love** *in a quote* | | | you | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/)