--- title: After he had kissed her Aladdin said: "I beg of you, Princess, in Go… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: After he had kissed her Aladdin said: "I beg of you, Princess, in God's name, before we speak of anything else, for your own sake and mine, tell me what has become of an old lamp I left on the cornice in the hall of four-and-twenty windows, when I went a-hunting." 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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 (Aladdin, we, twenty windows, God), 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:pg128:32:52 # text = After he had kissed her Aladdin said: "I beg of you, Princess, in God's name, before we speak of anything else, for your own sake and mine, tell me what has become of an old lamp I left on the cornice in the hall of four-and-twenty windows, when I went a-hunting." 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 kissed kiss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 Aladdin aladdin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 before before SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 24 obl _ _ 27 else else ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 mine mine NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 nsubj _ _ 39 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 ccomp _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 cornice cornice NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 59 nummod _ _ 59 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 63 advmod _ _ 62 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kiss** | past · perfect | Aladdin | | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | princess's Aladdin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present | princess's Aladdin *= aladdin* | Princess | | God's name | | of you | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | of anything; for your own sake and mine | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | princess's Aladdin *= aladdin* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **become** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | | | | | of a old lamp | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **leave** *in a quote* | past | princess's Aladdin *= aladdin* | a old lamp *not said here* | | the cornice | | in the hall of four | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme on cornice=Location | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | past | twenty windows | a hunting | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hunting=Theme | | 9 | **name** *in a quote* | | God | | | | | | nom name «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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/32/)