--- title: Now, seeing that the customs of our land oblige us to marry without… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Now, seeing that the customs of our land oblige us to marry without ever beholding the person with whom we are to pass our lives, a man has of course no right to complain as long as his wife is not absolutely repulsive, or is not positively deformed. Who acts: customs, man, wife. 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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 (customs, man, wife), 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:pg128:34:64 # text = Now, seeing that the customs of our land oblige us to marry without ever beholding the person with whom we are to pass our lives, a man has of course no right to complain as long as his wife is not absolutely repulsive, or is not positively deformed. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 customs custom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 oblige oblige VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 14 without without SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 16 advmod _ _ 16 beholding behold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 25 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 complain complain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 37 as as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 absolutely absolutely ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 repulsive repulsive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 50 positively positively ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 deformed deform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **oblige** | present | the customs of our land | us | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent we=Patient clause=Result | | 3 | **marry** | to-infinitive | the customs of our land *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **behold** | gerund | the customs of our land *not said here* | the person | | | ever | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus | | 5 | **pass** | to-infinitive | the customs of our land *not said here* | our lives | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme life=Trajectory | | 6 | **have** | present | a man | course | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Patient | | 7 | **complain** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **is** | present | man's wife | | | | | absolutely, repulsive *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **deform** | present · passive | a man *not said here* | | | | | positively *property* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/)