--- title: When the Caliph heard what treatment Noureddin had received, he auth… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: When the Caliph heard what treatment Noureddin had received, he authorised him to behead Saouy with his own hands, but he declined to shed the blood of his enemy, who was forthwith handed over to the executioner. Who acts: Caliph, Noureddin. 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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 (Caliph, 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:pg128:30:88 # text = When the Caliph heard what treatment Noureddin had received, he authorised him to behead Saouy with his own hands, but he declined to shed the blood of his enemy, who was forthwith handed over to the executioner. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 6 treatment treatment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 7 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 authorised authorise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 behead behead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 16 Saouy Saouy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 declined decline VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 shed shed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 35 forthwith forthwith ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 37 over over ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 executioner executioner NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Caliph | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **receive** | past · perfect | Noureddin | treatment *not said here* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatment=Theme | | 3 | **authorise** | past | Noureddin | treatment | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **behead** | to-infinitive | Noureddin *not said here* | Saouy | | | | with Saouy's own hands | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent saouy=Patient with hand=Instrument | | 5 | **decline** | past | Noureddin | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **shed** | to-infinitive | Noureddin *not said here* | the blood of Saouy's enemy | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location blood=Source | | 7 | **hand over** | past · passive | | Saouy's enemy | | the executioner | | forthwith *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to executioner=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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/89/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/30/)