--- title: Dog though I was, I saw through her design, and stung into presence… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Dog though I was, I saw through her design, and stung into presence of mind by the greatness of the danger, I timed my movements so well that I contrived to rush through, and only the tip of my tail received a squeeze as she banged the gate. Who acts: I, tip, frantic, my. 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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, tip, frantic, my), 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:pg128:35:12 # text = Dog though I was, I saw through her design, and stung into presence of mind by the greatness of the danger, I timed my movements so well that I contrived to rush through, and only the tip of my tail received a squeeze as she banged the gate. 1 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 conj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 stung sting VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 greatness greatness NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 timed time VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 movements movement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 contrived contrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 rush rush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 through through ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 tip tip NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 squeeze squeeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 banged bang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | | | frantic's design | | see *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sting** | past | | | | presence of mind | | by the greatness of the danger | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **time** | past | I | my movements | | | | well *property* | vn register-54.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent movement=Theme | | 4 | **contrive** | past | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **rush** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | through *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **receive** | past | the tip of my tail | a squeeze | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent squeeze=Theme | | 7 | **bang** | past | frantic | the gate | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme | | 8 | **design** | | frantic | | | | | | nom design «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **move** | | my | | | | | | nom movement «act 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/)