--- title: "In the third, I promised to make him a king, to be always near him,… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "In the third, I promised to make him a king, to be always near him, and to grant him three wishes every day; but that century passed away as the other two had done, and I remained in the same plight. Who acts: genius, century, other two. 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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 (genius, century, other two), 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:pg128:3:101 # text = "In the third, I promised to make him a king, to be always near him, and to grant him three wishes every day; but that century passed away as the other two had done, and I remained in the same plight. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 16 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 18 advmod _ _ 17 near near ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 grant grant VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 27 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 plight plight NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past | the genius *= genius* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the genius *= genius* *not said here* | a king | genius | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary king=Product | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | near genius; always *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **grant** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the genius *= genius* *not said here* | three wishes every day | genius | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal wish=Theme | | 5 | **pass away** *in a quote* | past | that century | | | | | away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | past · perfect | the other two | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **remain** *in a quote* | past | the genius *= genius* | | | the same plight | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in plight=Location | 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/102/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/3/)