--- title: The first time I saw my wife unveiled, when she had been brought to… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The first time I saw my wife unveiled, when she had been brought to my house with the usual ceremonies, I was enchanted to find that I had not been deceived in regard to the account that had been given me of her beauty. Who acts: I, 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 (I, 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:pg128:34:66 # text = The first time I saw my wife unveiled, when she had been brought to my house with the usual ceremonies, I was enchanted to find that I had not been deceived in regard to the account that had been given me of her beauty. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 unveiled unveil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 ceremonies ceremony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 32 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 deceived deceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 regard regard NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | I | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **unveil** | past | my wife | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | behaviour | | my house | | with the usual ceremonies | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to house=Destination | | 4 | **enchant** | past · passive | | I | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **deceive** | past · perfect · passive | | I | | regard to the account | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the account | me | | | of behaviour's beauty | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: i=Recipient that=Theme | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/67/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/)