--- title: Asking to see her, I found she was of incomparable beauty, and was b… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Asking to see her, I found she was of incomparable beauty, and was being sold by Noureddin, the son of your late vizir, to whom your Majesty will remember giving a sum of 10,000 gold pieces for the purchase of a slave. Who acts: I, Saouy, Noureddin, 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 (I, Saouy, Noureddin, 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:pg128:29:28 # text = Asking to see her, I found she was of incomparable beauty, and was being sold by Noureddin, the son of your late vizir, to whom your Majesty will remember giving a sum of 10,000 gold pieces for the purchase of a slave. 1 Asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 incomparable incomparable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 obl _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 34 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 xcomp _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 10,000 10000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 39 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 purchase purchase NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | Saouy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **find** | past | I | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | Saouy | | | | | of incomparable beauty | tree rules | | 5 | **sell** | past · passive | Noureddin | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **remember** | future | your Majesty | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **give** | gerund | your Majesty *not said here* | a sum of 10,000 gold pieces | | | | for the purchase of a slave | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent sum=Theme for purchase=Asset | | 8 | **sum** | | | 10,000 gold pieces | | | | | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **purchase** | | | a slave | | | | | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/)