--- title: Saouy, who had been of the opposite side, and was jealous of the hon… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Saouy, who had been of the opposite side, and was jealous of the honour done to Khacan, said, "Sire, it will be very difficult to find a slave as accomplished as your Majesty desires, and, if she is to be found, she will be cheap if she cost less than 10,000 gold pieces." Who acts: Saouy, 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 (Saouy, 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:pg128:27:97 # text = Saouy, who had been of the opposite side, and was jealous of the honour done to Khacan, said, "Sire, it will be very difficult to find a slave as accomplished as your Majesty desires, and, if she is to be found, she will be cheap if she cost less than 10,000 gold pieces." 1 Saouy Saouy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Khacan Khacan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 expl _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 csubj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 desires desire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 54 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ _ 55 if if SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 cost cost VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 58 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 60 advmod _ _ 59 than than ADP IN _ 58 fixed _ _ 60 10,000 10000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 62 nummod _ _ 61 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 62 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | Saouy | | | | | of the opposite side | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | of the honour; jealous *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | participle | | the honour *not said here* | Khacan | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Saouy | | | | | Sire *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | difficult *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a slave | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slave=Topic | | 7 | **accomplish** *in a quote* | participle | | a slave *not said here* | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | your Majesty | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · passive | | Majesty | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | future | Majesty | | | | | cheap *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **cost** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | Majesty | 10,000 gold pieces | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme piece=Value | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/98/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/)