--- title: As soon as Saouy saw the Persian he was so struck by her beauty, tha… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as Saouy saw the Persian he was so struck by her beauty, that he immediately wished to possess her, and not knowing that she belonged to Noureddin, he desired Hagi Hassan to send for the owner and to conclude the bargain at once. Who acts: Saouy, beauty, request. 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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, beauty, request), 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:pg128:29:18 # text = As soon as Saouy saw the Persian he was so struck by her beauty, that he immediately wished to possess her, and not knowing that she belonged to Noureddin, he desired Hagi Hassan to send for the owner and to conclude the bargain at once. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 Saouy Saouy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Persian Persian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 35 Hagi Hagi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 Hassan Hassan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 flat _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 conclude conclude VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Saouy | the Persian | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer persian=Stimulus | | 2 | **strike** | past · passive | Saouy's beauty | request | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument | | 3 | **wish** | past | request | | | | | immediately *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **possess** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | request *not said here* | Saouy | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme | | 5 | **not** **know** | gerund | request *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **belong** | past | Saouy | | Noureddin | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **desire** | past | request | Hagi | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **send** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | request *not said here* | | | | | for the owner | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **conclude** | to-infinitive | request *not said here* | the bargain | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bargain=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/19/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/)