--- title: Being a man of great wisdom and learning, he perceived in the short… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Being a man of great wisdom and learning, he perceived in the short conversation he had with her that he would seek in vain another slave to surpass her in any of the qualities required by the king, and therefore asked the dealer what price the merchant put upon her. Who acts: man, merchant. 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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 (man, merchant), 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:pg128:28:1 # text = Being a man of great wisdom and learning, he perceived in the short conversation he had with her that he would seek in vain another slave to surpass her in any of the qualities required by the king, and therefore asked the dealer what price the merchant put upon her. 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 cop _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 learning learning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obl _ _ 26 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 surpass surpass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 qualities quality NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 dealer dealer NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 50 obj _ _ 47 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 51 upon upon ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | gerund | | a man | | | | of great wisdom and learning | tree rules | | 2 | **perceive** | past | a man | | | the short conversation | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **have** | past | man | | | | | with her *= she* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **seek** | would | man | another slave | | vain | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent slave=Theme in vain=Location | | 5 | **surpass** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | in any | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot she=Theme in any=Attribute | | 6 | **require** | participle | | the qualities *not said here* | | | | by the king | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | the dealer | | | | therefore *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dealer=Recipient | | 8 | **put** | past | the merchant | | | | | upon price | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme upon she=Destination | 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: [Opening, part 27, 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/27/105/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/)