--- title: At last she got tired of pursuing me, or else a new trick entered in… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: At last she got tired of pursuing me, or else a new trick entered into her head, which would give me speedy and painful death; she opened the gate leading into the street, intending to crush me as I passed through. Who acts: frantic, new trick, head, gate. 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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 (frantic, new trick, head, gate), 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:pg128:35:11 # text = At last she got tired of pursuing me, or else a new trick entered into her head, which would give me speedy and painful death; she opened the gate leading into the street, intending to crush me as I passed through. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 pursuing pursue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 else else ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 speedy speedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 painful painful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 27 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 intending intend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 crush crush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 45 through through ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | frantic | | | last | | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **pursue** | gerund | frantic *not said here* | me | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **enter** | past | a new trick | | | frantic's head | | else *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into head=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **give** | would | frantic's head | speedy death | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient death=Theme | | 5 | **open** | past | frantic | the gate | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme | | 6 | **lead** | gerund | the gate *not said here* | | | the street | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into street=Destination | | 7 | **intend** | gerund | frantic *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **crush** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | frantic *not said here* | me | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 9 | **pass through** | past | I | | | | | through *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/12/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/)