--- title: When the king heard that they had escaped, he issued a proclamation… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When the king heard that they had escaped, he issued a proclamation that a reward of 1,000 gold pieces would be given to whoever would bring him Noureddin and the slave, but that, on the contrary, whoever hid them would be severely punished. Who acts: king, neighbours, whoever. A sentence of «The Ar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/46/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/) / 46 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 29, sentence 46 When the king heard that they had escaped, he issued a proclamation that a reward of 1,000 gold pieces would be given to whoever would bring him Noureddin and the slave, but that, on the contrary, whoever hid them would be severely punished. **Who acts:** king, neighbours, whoever · **What happens:** hear, escape, issue, give, bring, hide · **To what, where:** proclamation, reward, Noureddin, king, neighbours, 1,000 gold pieces · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, neighbours, whoever), 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:pg128:29:46 # text = When the king heard that they had escaped, he issued a proclamation that a reward of 1,000 gold pieces would be given to whoever would bring him Noureddin and the slave, but that, on the contrary, whoever hid them would be severely punished. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 issued issue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 1,000 1000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 19 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 24 to to SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 46 severely severely ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the king | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **escape** | past · perfect | neighbours *= neighbour* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **issue** | past | king | a proclamation | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location proclamation=Theme | | 4 | **give** | would · passive | | a reward of 1,000 gold pieces | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | would | whoever | Noureddin and the slave | king | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination noureddin=Theme | | 6 | **hide** | past | whoever | neighbours *= neighbour* | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 7 | **punish** | would · passive | | | | | | severely *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP» | | 8 | **reward** | | | 1,000 gold pieces | | | | | nom reward «event 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/47/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/)