--- title: Khacan, who was better able to judge of her merits than the dealer,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Khacan, who was better able to judge of her merits than the dealer, wishing to bring the matter to a conclusion, sent for the merchant, and said to him, "It is not for myself that I wish to buy your slave, but for the king. Who acts: Khacan, matter. 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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 (Khacan, matter), 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:pg128:28:4 # text = Khacan, who was better able to judge of her merits than the dealer, wishing to bring the matter to a conclusion, sent for the merchant, and said to him, "It is not for myself that I wish to buy your slave, but for the king. 1 Khacan Khacan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 merits merit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 dealer dealer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 nsubj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Khacan | | | | | able, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **judge** | to-infinitive | Khacan *not said here* | | | | | of Khacan's merits; than the dealer | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent of merit=Theme | | 3 | **wish** | gerund | Khacan *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Khacan *not said here* | the matter | | a conclusion | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent matter=Theme to conclusion=Destination | | 5 | **send** | participle | Khacan *not said here* | | | | | for the merchant | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Khacan *not said here* | | merchant | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | matter | | | | | for Khacan | tree rules | | 8 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | Khacan | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **buy** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Khacan *not said here* | your slave | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slave=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/28/)