--- title: On seeing her poverty the Sultan felt less inclined than ever to kee… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: On seeing her poverty the Sultan felt less inclined than ever to keep his word, and asked the vizir's advice, who counselled him to set so high a value on the princess that no man living could come up to it. Who acts: Sultan, advice, man, princess. 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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 (Sultan, advice, man, princess), 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:pg128:31:90 # text = On seeing her poverty the Sultan felt less inclined than ever to keep his word, and asked the vizir's advice, who counselled him to set so high a value on the princess that no man living could come up to it. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 poverty poverty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 inclined inclined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 9 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 counselled counsell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | the Sultan *not said here* | mother's poverty | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer poverty=Stimulus | | 2 | **feel** | past | the Sultan | | | | | inclined *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the Sultan *not said here* | Sultan's word | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Sultan *not said here* | the vizir's advice | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent advice=Recipient | | 5 | **counsell** | past | the vizir's advice | Sultan | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **set** | to-infinitive | the vizir's advice *not said here* | a high value | | | | on the princess | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent value=Theme on princess=Destination | | 7 | **live** | gerund | no man *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **come up** | could | the princess | | | value | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to it=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **word** | | Sultan | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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/pg128/31/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/31/91/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/31/)