--- title: He understood this also, and seemed quite willing to let me stay in… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: He understood this also, and seemed quite willing to let me stay in his shop, so I sat down, with my face to the door, to show that I only asked his protection. Who acts: dog, me, I. 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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 (dog, me, I), 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:pg128:35:28 # text = He understood this also, and seemed quite willing to let me stay in his shop, so I sat down, with my face to the door, to show that I only asked his protection. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 quite quite ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 down down ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | past | dog | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **seem** | past | | | | | | willing *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **let** | to-infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stay** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | dog's shop | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shop=Location | | 5 | **sit down** | past | I | | | | | with my face to the door | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **show** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | I | dog's protection | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent protection=Recipient | | 8 | **protect** | | dog | | | | | | nom protection «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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/)