--- title: Hearing a beautiful voice one day in the women's part of the palace… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Hearing a beautiful voice one day in the women's part of the palace uttering lamentations, he was informed that it was the voice of the fair Persian, and suddenly calling to mind the patent, he sent for Giafar, and ordered him to make for Balsora with the utmost speed--if Noureddin were dead, to han --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/82/) [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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/) / 82 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 30, sentence 82 Hearing a beautiful voice one day in the women's part of the palace uttering lamentations, he was informed that it was the voice of the fair Persian, and suddenly calling to mind the patent, he sent for Giafar, and ordered him to make for Balsora with the utmost speed--if Noureddin were dead, to hang Saouy; if he were still alive, to bring him at once to Bagdad along with the king and Saouy. **Who acts:** palace, voice, Noureddin · **What happens:** hear, utter, inform, be, call, mind · **To what, where:** beautiful voice, part, lamentations, Noureddin, voice, patent · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (palace, voice, Noureddin), 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:pg128:30:82 # text = Hearing a beautiful voice one day in the women's part of the palace uttering lamentations, he was informed that it was the voice of the fair Persian, and suddenly calling to mind the patent, he sent for Giafar, and ordered him to make for Balsora with the utmost speed--if Noureddin were dead, to hang Saouy; if he were still alive, to bring him at once to Bagdad along with the king and Saouy. 1 Hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 uttering utter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 16 lamentations lamentation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 Persian Persian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 patent patent NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Giafar Giafar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Balsora Balsora PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 -- -- PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 if if SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 57 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 58 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 59 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 63 Saouy Saouy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ; ; PUNCT : _ 72 punct _ _ 65 if if SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 68 still still ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 69 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 to to PART TO _ 72 mark _ _ 72 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 73 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ _ 74 at at ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 72 obl _ _ 76 to to ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 Bagdad Bagdad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 78 along along ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 79 with with ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 83 Saouy Saouy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund | | a beautiful voice | | the women's part of the palace | day | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | gerund | the palace *not said here* | lamentations | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lamentation=Topic | | 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | past · passive | | Noureddin | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** | past | voice | the voice | | | | of the fair Persian | tree rules | | 5 | **call** | gerund | | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **mind** | to-infinitive | | the patent | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patent=Theme | | 7 | **send** | past | Noureddin | | | | | for Giafar | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **order** | past | Noureddin *not said here* | | Noureddin | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Noureddin *not said here* | | | | | for Balsora; with the utmost speed | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for balsora=Beneficiary | | 10 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Noureddin | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **hang** | to-infinitive | Noureddin *not said here* | Saouy | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saouy=Patient | | 12 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Noureddin | | | | still | alive *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **bring** | to-infinitive | | Noureddin | Bagdad | | | with the king and Saouy; along *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bagdad=Destination | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/)