--- title: She is in every way fit to be the slave of a king; she plays every m… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: She is in every way fit to be the slave of a king; she plays every musical instrument, she sings, she dances, she makes verses, in fact there is no accomplishment in which she does not excel." Who acts: price, accomplishment. 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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 (price, accomplishment), 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:pg128:28:3 # text = She is in every way fit to be the slave of a king; she plays every musical instrument, she sings, she dances, she makes verses, in fact there is no accomplishment in which she does not excel." 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 6 fit fit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 plays play VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 17 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 18 musical musical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 dances dance VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 29 verses verse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 xcomp _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 34 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 accomplishment accomplishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obl _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 excel excel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | price | | | every way | | fit *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | price *not said here* | the slave | | | | of a king | tree rules | | 3 | **play** | present | price | every musical instrument | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instrument=Theme | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | price | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 5 | **dance** | present | price | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make** | present | price | verses | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Product | | 7 | **be** | present | no accomplishment | fact *not said here* | | there | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fact=Theme | | 8 | **not** **excel** | present · do-support | price | | | no accomplishment | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in which=Eventuality | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/4/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/)