--- title: She did not stop, however, till she had lit all the eighty, but Sche… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: She did not stop, however, till she had lit all the eighty, but Scheih Ibrahim was not conscious of this, and when, soon after that, Noureddin proposed to have some of the lustres lit, he answered: Who acts: Heaven, Scheih Ibrahim, Noureddin, some. 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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 (Heaven, Scheih Ibrahim, Noureddin, some), 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:pg128:29:90 # text = She did not stop, however, till she had lit all the eighty, but Scheih Ibrahim was not conscious of this, and when, soon after that, Noureddin proposed to have some of the lustres lit, he answered: 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 however however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 till till SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 lit lit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 eighty eighty NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 Scheih Scheih PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Ibrahim Ibrahim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 conscious conscious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 29 after after ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 proposed propose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 lustres lustre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 lit light VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stop** | past · do-support | Heaven | | | | | however, soon *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **lit** | past · perfect | Heaven | all eighty | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | Scheih Ibrahim | | | | | of this; conscious *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **propose** | past | Noureddin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | to-infinitive | Noureddin *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **light** | past | some | | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Noureddin | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/91/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/29/)